# Groovy 1.8.5 and second beta of 2.0 out

> Explore the new Groovy 1.8.5 and 2.0-beta-2 releases, featuring static type checking and experimental static compilation, and share your feedback.

Author: [Guillaume Laforge](https://glaforge.dev/) | Published: 2011-12-23 | Topics: groovy | Canonical: https://glaforge.dev/posts/2011/12/23/groovy-1-8-5-and-second-beta-of-2-0-out/


The Groovy development team has just announced a joint release of Groovy 1.8.5 and a second beta of the upcoming 2.0 release.  
We'd be happy to hear your feedback on the static type checking support and the experimental static compilation as well.  
Here's the [official announcement](http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GROOVY/2011/12/23/Groovy+1.8.5+and+2.0-beta-2+released):

> The Groovy development team is happy to deliver two new releases as early Christmas presents: Groovy 1.8.5 and 2.0-beta-2.  
>   
> While we work hard on Invoke Dynamic support, Static Type Checking and some experimental static compilation, we also find time to fix a good load of bugs and some minor improvements, as those two releases here are essentially minor incremental versions.  
>   
> You can have a look at the tickets closed here, for 1.8.5:  
> [http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10242&version=18071](http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10242&version=18071)  
>   
> And here for 2.0-beta-2:  
> [http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10242&version=18072](http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10242&version=18072)  
>   
> You can download both distributions at the usual place:  
> [http://groovy.codehaus.org/Download?nc](http://groovy.codehaus.org/Download?nc)  
>   
> If you want to play with the experimental static compilation, you can do so by following the instructions from the GEP-10 page:  
> [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GroovyJSR/GEP+10+-+Static+compilation](http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GroovyJSR/GEP+10+-+Static+compilation) Look for the "testing" paragraph in the middle of the document, which contains a link to the experimental JAR, as well as some basic explanations.  
>   
> Thanks a lot to all those who contributed to this release: developers, contributors, users, bug reporters.  
>   
> On behalf of the Groovy development team, we'd like to wish you a Groovy Christmas and a very Happy New Year.