Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-294) and index
Introduction -- Getting started -- Groovy for the Java eyes -- Dynamic typing -- Using closures -- Working with strings -- Working with collections -- Exploring the GDK -- Working with XML -- Working with Databases -- Working with scripts and classes -- Exploring meta-object protocol -- Intercepting methods using MOP -- MOP method injection and synthesis -- MOPping up -- Unit testing and mocking -- Groovy builders -- Creating DSLs in Groovy
Demonstrates how developers working with small- to mid-sized companies can take advantage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) such as the Simple Storage Service (S3), Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Simple Queue Service (SQS), Flexible Payments Service (FPS), and SimpleDB to build web-scale business applications