1.2. What Groovy can do for you

Depending on your background and experience, you are probably interested in different features of Groovy. It is unlikely that anyone will require every aspect of Groovy in their day-to-day work, just as no one uses the whole of the mammoth framework provided by the Java standard libraries.

This section presents interesting Groovy features and areas of applicability for Java professionals, script programmers, and pragmatic, extreme, and agile programmers. We recognize that developers rarely have just one role within their jobs and may well have to take on each of these identities in turn. However, it is helpful to focus on how Groovy helps in the kinds of situations typically associated with each role.