If you already have Maven installed, then GMaven is the quickest path to running some Groovy tools!
Groovy Shell
Provides very convenient command-line access to the Groovy language:
mvn groovy:shell
Which should look something like this:
For more information please see the documentation for Groovy Shell.
Groovy Console
For folks that prefer a GUI over command-line access:
mvn groovy:console
After running, Maven will spit out something similar to this:
[INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'groovy'. [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building Maven Default Project [INFO] task-segment: [groovy:console] (aggregator-style) [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [groovy:console]
And then display the GUI console window, waiting for it to be closed before continuing:
For more information please see the documentation for Groovy Console.
