Groovy

Groovy v4 adds Switch Expressions, Records, and Sealed Types. It remains the key to Gradle and Jenkins Pipelines.

When to Use

• CI/CD Pipeline Automation (Jenkinsfile): Writing declarative and scripted Jenkins CI/CD automation pipelines.
• Gradle Build Scripts: Authoring and maintaining Gradle build scripts for Java, Kotlin, and Android projects.
• JVM Scripting & Prototyping: Writing concise scripting automation with full access to the Java ecosystem.
• Spock Testing Framework: Writing expressive, readable BDD unit and integration tests for Java and Groovy apps.

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