Tag Archives: groovy

2 Solutions To Project Euler Problem #1

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Joey Gibson

In an effort to not go a whole month without blogging, and in the interest of posting some code samples, I give you two solutions to Project Euler: Problem #1. If you’ve never heard of it, Project Euler (pronounced “oiler” … Continue reading →

Posted in java | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Grails Podcast Mentions My Closure Post

Posted on November 3, 2008 by Joey Gibson

Like other bloggers with an ego, I have Google Alerts set up to let me know when someone mentions me or my blog anywhere that Google knows about. I got an alert yesterday letting me know that I’d been mentioned … Continue reading →

Posted in java | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Groovy Sql Closure Examples

Posted on October 19, 2008 by Joey Gibson

My post about closures last week generated quite a bit of traffic and comments, both positive and negative. I decided to followup on that post with a few examples of how to add a method that I believe is missing from Groovy’s … Continue reading →

Posted in java | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

Why I Love Closures

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Joey Gibson

I’ve been a big fan of closures for years. I was first introduced to them in Smalltalk, where they were just called blocks. Ruby has them and also calls them blocks. Java does not have them, though there are proposals … Continue reading →

Posted in java | Tagged , , , , | 21 Comments