# Groovy Weekly #54

> Groovy Weekly #54 reveals Pivotal's decision to cease funding Groovy and Grails, leaving these key open-source projects searching for a new home.

Author: [Guillaume Laforge](https://glaforge.dev/) | Published: 2015-01-20 | Topics: groovy, groovy-weekly | Canonical: https://glaforge.dev/posts/2015/01/20/groovy-weekly-54/


This week’s edition of Groovy Weekly is a bit peculiar, as the big news of the week is [Pivotal’s announcement that it will stop funding the Groovy and Grails](http://blog.pivotal.io/pivotal/news-2/groovy-2-4-and-grails-3-0-to-be-last-major-releases-under-pivotal-sponsorship) projects.

As a result those popular Open Source projects are now seeking a new home!

You can read [Guillaume Laforge’s](https://glaforge.dev/posts/2015/01/19/the-groovy-project-is-looking-for-a-new-home/) and [Graeme Rocher’s](http://grails.io/post/108534902333/the-future-of-groovy-grails-sponsorship) announcements to hear a bit more about the story. And if your company is interested in further funding the projects, please don’t hesitate to [get in touch](mailto:sponsorship@groovy-lang.org)!

## Releases

*   [Gradle Groovy Android plugin 0.3.5](https://twitter.com/cedricchampeau/status/555014971814576129) updated with new coordinates
*   The axion-release-plugin hits 1.0, a ["release" plugin for Gradle](http://allegrotech.io/axion-release-plugin.html)
*   [Groovy-Macro-Methods 0.3.0](https://twitter.com/bsideup/status/556820732576272385) with huge optimizations
*   [Groovy Grails Tool Suite 3.6.3 SR1](https://twitter.com/springcentral/status/557245887051603969) released fixing a security vulnerability
*   [Grain 0.6.3](https://twitter.com/grainframework/status/557452579819360257) released with updated Asciidoctor

## Articles

*   [Pivotal announces the end of the funding of the Groovy and Grails](http://blog.pivotal.io/pivotal/news-2/groovy-2-4-and-grails-3-0-to-be-last-major-releases-under-pivotal-sponsorship) projects
*   [Guillaume Laforge’s announcement](https://glaforge.dev/posts/2015/01/19/the-groovy-project-is-looking-for-a-new-home/) about Pivotal’s end of sponsorship of the Groovy and Grails projects
*   [Graeme Rocher’s announcement](http://grails.io/post/108534902333/the-future-of-groovy-grails-sponsorship) regarding the end of the funding of the Groovy and Grails projects by Pivotal
*   [Pivotal's FAQ on the end of sponsorship](https://docs.google.com/a/pivotal.io/document/d/1R_bQv_8JSLOEzVzPdqOISF0guGtcUPE6vFBeAuxtcG4/edit) of the Groovy and Grails projects
*   Cédric Champeau wrote a guest blog post on TeamCity's blog about [how Groovy uses TeamCity](http://blog.jetbrains.com/teamcity/2015/01/how-groovy-uses-teamcity/)
*   [Cédric Champeau of Groovy fame would love to continue to work on Groovy full time, but he's soon gonna be for hire otherwise](http://melix.github.io/blog/2015/01/for-hire.html), catch him if you get a chance!
*   Ken Kousen’s lovely post on [why Groovy and Grails community matters](https://kousenit.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/groovygrails-pivotal-opportunity/), opportunities ahead!
*   Peter Ledbrook details [why you should use Gradle](http://blog.cacoethes.co.uk/software/why-gradle)
*   [Groovy listed in the top 20 of RedMonk's programming language rankings](http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2015/01/14/language-rankings-1-15/) of January 2015
*   [Reset your H2 database for a clean state between functional tests](http://www.objectpartners.com/2015/01/13/reset-your-h2-database-for-a-clean-state-between-functional-tests/) with the help of Spock and Groovy traits
*   A lively imaginary [discussion on interfaces, abstract classes, multiple inheritance](http://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2015/01/08/InterfaceConsideredHarmful.html) by Uncle Bob, which may make you think Groovy traits might be the answer
*   The [ins and outs of Gradle](http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/the-ins-and-outs-of-gradle--cms-22978), by Jessica Thornsby, from an Android perspective
*   Voxxed published a master-post to [guide Java developers choosing a new JVM language](https://www.voxxed.com/blog/2015/01/thinking-about-picking-up-a-new-jvm-language-a-masterpost-to-guide-java-devs/), including Groovy in the list
*   [Publishing Gradle Android library to JCenter repository](https://www.virag.si/2015/01/publishing-gradle-android-library-to-jcenter/) by Jernej Virag
*   Anton Arhipov thinks what’s happening could be a [new beginning for Groovy and Grails](http://arhipov.blogspot.fr/2015/01/g.html)

## Interviews

*   Victor Grazi [interviewed Guillaume Laforge on Pivotal's decision](http://www.infoq.com/news/2015/01/Pivotal-Pulls-Groovy-Grails-Fund) with regards to Groovy and Grails
*   Guillaume Laforge interviewed by Voxxed on the “[sad and odd decision by Pivotal to set Groovy adrift](https://www.voxxed.com/blog/2015/01/sad-odd-decision-pivotal-set-groovy-adrift/)”

## Presentations

*   InfoQ SpringOne2GX coverage:
    *   [Rethinking API design with traits](http://www.infoq.com/presentations/groovy-2-3-api-design), by Cédric Champeau
    *   [Testing Java, Groovy, Spring and web applications with Spock](http://www.infoq.com/presentations/groovy-test-java-spock), by Peter Niederwieser
    *   [Scalable Big Data stream processing with Storm and Groovy](http://www.infoq.com/presentations/bigdata-storm-groovy), by Eugene Dvorkin
*   SpringOne2GX 2014 replay from the Spring.IO blog
    *   [How to get Groovy with Java 8](https://spring.io/blog/2015/01/09/springone2gx-2014-replay-how-to-get-groovy-with-java-8) by Peter Ledbrook
    *   [Android and Groovy, a winning pair?](https://spring.io/blog/2015/01/08/springone2gx-2014-replay-android-and-groovy-a-winning-pair) by Cédric Champeau
    *   [Experiences using Grails in a microservice architecture](https://spring.io/blog/2015/01/08/springone2gx-2014-replay-experiences-using-grails-in-a-microservice-architecture) by Jeff Beck
    *   Dan Woods [introduction to Ratpack](http://fr.slideshare.net/danveloper/ratpack-web-framework-from-oreilly-webcast-20150113) in this O'Reilly webcast
*   Slides of the Grails Centro meetup on the [Grails API toolkit](https://www.slideshare.net/fullscreen/bobdobbes/silicon-valley-grails/1) by Owen Rubel

## News

*   All the [Grails release notes are now available on Github](https://github.com/grails/grails-core/releases)
*   [Pedal-Loader is a Groovy DSL for data loading](http://www.eclecticlogic.com/pedal-loader/) and an attractive substitute to db-unit
*   A work-in-progress of the [future Grails static web site](http://grails.github.io/grails-static-website/), forked from Groovy's new website
*   The [GrooScript's documentation](http://grooscript.org/doc.html) is almost finished, any feedback?
*   Jacob Aae Mikkelsen’s [Grails Diary](http://grydeske.net/news/show/79)

## Code snippets

*   A [single page interface with Groovy traits, templates, builders and GrooScript](https://gist.github.com/chiquitinxx/6ef000456732aa9bd7fb)

## Tweets

*   Stephan Janssen, founder of Devoxx predicts that [2015 will be the year Red Hat hires the Groovy and Grails teams](https://twitter.com/Stephan007/status/557459062221455364) and embraces their communities
*   Latest [Gradle Groovy Android plugin available on Bintray and the Gradle plugin portal](https://twitter.com/cedricchampeau/status/555015335313932289)
*   Guillaume Laforge's [duck typing joke in the age of quantum computing](https://twitter.com/glaforge/status/556027163494084608)
*   Rohit Kelapure answers yes to the question of [pushing Ratpack apps on Cloud Foundry out of the box](https://twitter.com/rkela/status/555079299074916353)
*   [GrooScript is aiming a 1.0 release](https://twitter.com/grooscript/status/556466614259154944) by the end of January
*   Arnaud Héritier is supporting Groovy saying "[Je Suis Groovy](https://twitter.com/aheritier/status/557138343914655744)", in echo to recent tragic terrorists attacks in France
*   Jeff Brown reminds us that the [main focus for the Groovy and Grails teams are to secure the technologies' future](https://twitter.com/jeffscottbrown/status/557196649916022784)
*   Burt Beckwith suggesting [being fast to get a chance to snap the talented Groovy and Grails teams](https://twitter.com/burtbeckwith/status/557220977437081600)!
*   Andy Wilkinson reminds us [some developers believe that software costs nothing to produce](https://twitter.com/ankinson/status/557457888160280576)
*   Dean Iverson notes that the [Pivotal's divesting doesn't make Groovy any less useful](https://twitter.com/deanriverson/status/557302834815700992)

## Events

*   Jochen Theodorou will be the Groovy keynote speaker of Greach 2015
*   [Salenda is a new gold sponsor of the Greach](https://twitter.com/greachconf/status/556021832747192321) conference
*   [Burt Beckwith will be speaking at the Greach](https://twitter.com/greachconf/status/556031871260192768) conference
*   GR8Ladies founder [Jane Stratter will be speaking at Greach](https://twitter.com/greachconf/status/554964855027818497)
*   Still [curious about the GR8Conf conference](https://twitter.com/gr8conf/status/556244984177766400)? Check the videos!