# Groovy Weekly #61

> Discover Groovy Weekly #61's big news: Groovy intends to join Apache, alongside new releases and insightful articles on contributions, Gradle, and Spock.

Author: [Guillaume Laforge](https://glaforge.dev/) | Published: 2015-03-10 | Topics: groovy, groovy-weekly | Canonical: https://glaforge.dev/posts/2015/03/10/groovy-weekly-61/


Big news for this week with the intention of the [Groovy project to join the Apache Software Foundation](https://glaforge.dev/posts/2015/03/04/groovy-projects-intends-to-join-the-apache-software-foundation/)! And if you wnat to know more about who actually [contributed to Groovy over the years](http://melix.github.io/blog/2015/02/who-is-groovy.html), Cédric detailed that on his blog.

## Releases

*   [GMavenPlus 1.5](http://gmavenplus.56682.x6.nabble.com/gmavenplus-announce-GMavenPlus-1-5-Released-td222.html) released
*   [GrooScript 1.0.1](http://grooscript.org/changes.html) released
*   [GrooScript Gradle plugin 1.0.1](https://twitter.com/grooscript/status/572876188902813697) released
*   [Android-Spock 1.2](https://twitter.com/andrewreitz_/status/575138522077659136) released working with Spock 1.0
*   [GVM 2.3.0](https://twitter.com/gvmtool/status/574982347768119296) released with new “outdated” command to know if newer candidates are available

## Articles

*   Guillaume Laforge announces the intention of the [Groovy project to join the Apache Software Foundation](https://glaforge.dev/posts/2015/03/04/groovy-projects-intends-to-join-the-apache-software-foundation/)
*   Cédric Champeau wrote a very interesting and insightful [analysis on who contributed to Groovy](http://melix.github.io/blog/2015/02/who-is-groovy.html) over the years
*   John K. Waters from ADTMag on [Groovy to join Apache Software Foundation](http://adtmag.com/articles/2015/03/04/groovy-joins-apache-foundation.aspx) following up an interview with Guillaume Laforge
*   Jochen Theodorou brainstorms on the path [towards a revamped MOP for Groovy](http://blackdragsview.blogspot.fr/2015/03/thoughts-about-new-meta-class-system.html)
*   MrHaki's Awesome Asciidoctor: [Use inline extension DSL with Gradle](http://mrhaki.blogspot.fr/2015/03/awesome-asciidoctor-use-inline.html)
*   MrHaki's Gradle Goodness: [Define system properties in gradle.properties](http://mrhaki.blogspot.fr/2015/03/gradle-goodness-define-system.html)
*   [New features for Gradle Coming in IntelliJ IDEA 14.1](http://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2015/03/new-features-for-gradle-coming-in-intellij-idea-14-1/) by Andrey Cheptsov
*   [Groovy, GrooScript with React.JS](http://grooscript.org/react_example.html)
*   Marcin Zajączkowski on [Spock 1.0 with Groovy 2.4 configuration comparison in Maven and Gradle](https://solidsoft.wordpress.com/2015/03/09/spock-1-0-with-groovy-2-4-configuration-comparison-in-maven-and-gradle/)
*   Benoît Hédiard writes about how to [publish your Grails 3 plugin to Bintray](https://medium.com/@benorama/how-to-publish-your-grails-3-plugin-to-bintray-c341b24f567d)
*   The Ratpack team published more information on [how the Ratpack documentation is working](http://www.ratpack.io/manual/0.9.15/intro.html#about_this_documentation) and how code samples are tested
*   Ken Kousen in "[If a method arg is a closure, for crying out loud pass it a closure](https://kousenit.wordpress.com/2015/03/10/if-a-method-arg-is-a-closure-for-crying-out-loud-pass-it-a-closure/)"
*   [Faster Groovy Compilation in IntelliJ IDEA](http://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2015/03/faster-groovy-compilation-in-intellij-idea-14-1/) 14.1 by Peter Gromov
*   Grails tip: [Rendering errors of multiple beans](http://blog.jdriven.com/2015/03/grails-tip-rendering-errors-of-multiple-beans/) by Albert van Veen
*   Get Groovy with [JRebel and Grails](http://zeroturnaround.com/blog/get-groovy-with-jrebel-and-grails/) by Adam Koblentz
*   Working with [SASS scripts in Grails 2.3](http://www.intelligrape.com/blog/working-with-sass-scripts-in-grails-2-3-x/) by Mansi Arora
*   [Customize your Grails test reports](http://www.objectpartners.com/2015/03/03/customize-your-grails-test-reports/) by Igor Shults
*   [Another method for admin screens with Grails](http://www.objectpartners.com/2015/03/06/another-method-for-admin-screens-with-grails/) by Mike Hostetler

## News

*   The [GVM project just reached 400 stars on Github](https://twitter.com/marc0der/status/573405378744098817), keep star'ing!
*   New [documentation on Groovy meta-annotations](http://docs.groovy-lang.org/next/html/documentation/core-object-orientation.html#_meta_annotations) authored by Cédric Champeau
*   Kunal Dabir created a simple [DSL to create directory trees and files](https://github.com/kdabir/directree)
*   An updated [roadmap for GrooScript](http://grooscript.org/roadmap.html), including support for require.js
*   Jacob Aae Mikkelsen's [Grails Diary](http://grydeske.net/news/show/86) week 10 of 2015
    
## Tweets

*   Thanks to Luke Daley and Will Erickson, [Dagger 2 will work out of the box with Groovy sources and Gradle 2.4](https://twitter.com/CedricChampeau/status/573763143593295872)
*   Cédric Champeau documented how you can [use closures as annotation parameters](https://twitter.com/CedricChampeau/status/573583638127845376)
*   Cédric Champeau is so much into AST transformations that he wrongly coined the [Apache Software Foundation with the AST acronym](https://twitter.com/CedricChampeau/status/573522774758662144) instead of the ASF
*   Using [Reactor with Groovy is a nice experience in data processing](https://twitter.com/davidthecoder/status/574223398945091584) says David Dawson
*   Dan Woods reminds us that [Ratpack has a forum](https://twitter.com/danveloper/status/574298666623614976) in case you need help getting started
*   Tim Yates found some [Groovy biscuits](https://twitter.com/tim_yates/status/574270524139945984) for the discerning Groovy developer

## Code snippets

*   Using [RxJs with GrooScript](https://gist.github.com/chiquitinxx/b01d0696cfabcc34527b)
*   Iván López authored a handy Groovy [script to generate the HTML of the Greach conference speakers pages](https://gist.github.com/lmivan/a752644419fb8d2f2221)

## Events

*   GR8Conf Europe 2015 announces a [first batch of speakers](http://gr8conf.eu/#/)