Three years ago, I wrote an article for JavaWorld called “Java Scripting Languages: Which Is Right for You?” When I collected the interpreters to compare, I tried to choose ones that seemed a good fit ...

Some Java applications’ requirements make integration with a scripting language necessary. For example, your users may need to write scripts that drive the application, extend it, or contain loops and ...

Richard Monson-Haefel posted a blog entry recently called "Groovy: The Sleeping Giant". In it, he says that "dynamic programming" is the wave of the future, and that Groovy has the most potential ...