# Groovy Weekly #70

> Stay updated on Groovy's move to Apache infrastructure, including new JIRA and Git, plus explore a top Spock 1.0 presentation and more Groovy news.

Author: [Guillaume Laforge](https://glaforge.dev/) | Published: 2015-05-20 | Topics: groovy, groovy-weekly | Canonical: https://glaforge.dev/posts/2015/05/20/groovy-weekly-70/


Last week, Codehaus has gone the way of the dodo. The lights are switching off. A page is turning.

So please remember about our infrastructure changes, as we move the Groovy project through the incubation process at Apache: the [JIRA issue tracker has moved](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY/), and don’t forget that the [Groovy mailing-lists are also moving](http://www.groovy-lang.org/mailing-lists.html). The [Apache Git repository](https://twitter.com/glaforge/status/588809178958925824) is now the new mainline, but you can contribute pull requests on the new [Apache Groovy Github mirror](https://twitter.com/glaforge/status/588960808094326784). Be sure to update all your bookmarks, and register on the new mailing-list!

Beside that, there’s one particular item in the news below that I’d like to highlight here, that’s the [great and thourough presentation on Spock](https://speakerdeck.com/szpak/smarter-testing-java-code-with-spock-framework). If you want to learn the latest and greatest about Spock 1.0, that’s the slide deck you must have a look at!

## Releases

*   [Gretty 1.2.3](https://twitter.com/AndreyHihlovski/status/600703585027018753) released

## Articles

*   Igor Shults shares the [list of Groovy versions for each version of Grails](https://objectpartners.com/2015/05/14/list-of-groovy-versions-for-each-version-of-grails/)
*   Jacob Severson talks about [dependable microservices via Cloud Foundry's Lattice and Grails 3](https://objectpartners.com/2015/05/19/dependable-microservices-via-lattice/)
*   Brendon Anderson shares his [feedback on his first Ratpack application](https://objectpartners.com/2015/05/12/my-first-ratpack-app-what-i-learned/)
*   The Groovy-Programming blog post features an article on [Google Analytics measurement protocol in Groovy](http://groovy-programming.com/post/118804818009)
*   David Dawson explains how to [build a Grails application based on a hexagonal architecture](http://www.infoq.com/presentations/hexagonal-arch-grails)
*   The Groovy Algorithms blog features a post on a [model implementation of frequent pattern mining](http://groovyalgorithms.altervista.org/frequent-pattern-mining-model-implementation/)
*   Algorithms in Groovy blog post on the [top 5 that makes Groovy scripting loveable](http://groovyalgorithms.altervista.org/top-5-things-that-make-me-love-scripting-in-groovy/)

## News

*   Jacob Aae Mikkelsen's [Grails Diary](http://grydeske.net/news/show/96) week 20
*   The [Gradle GVM SDK vendor plugin](https://twitter.com/gvmtool/status/598961449193459712) is now available in the Gradle plugin portal
*   The [last month in GUM](http://groovymn.tumblr.com/post/118772921517/last-month-in-gum) news
*   The curated [Groovy Dev Weekly](http://groovydevweekly.com/issues/5#start) news

## Presentations

*   Marcin Zajączkowski gave an [excellent and detailed presentation on smarter testing Java code with Spock](https://speakerdeck.com/szpak/smarter-testing-java-code-with-spock-framework), with lots of Spock 1.0 coverage. A must see to master Spock!
*   From the GeeCon conference:
    *   Iván López shares the [slides and code of his Grails presentation](https://twitter.com/ilopmar/status/599124700527087616)
    *   Álvaro Sánchez-Mariscal shares the [slides and code of his Ratpack presentation and workshop](https://twitter.com/alvaro_sanchez/status/599178631827587072)
*   From Devoxx France (but in French!):
    *   “[Plugin Gradle, prenez le contrôle du build](https://www.parleys.com/tutorial/plugin-gradle-prenez-le-controle-du-build)”, by Cédric Champeau and Eyal Lezmy
    *   "[Groovy et son process de release](https://www.parleys.com/tutorial/groovy-et-son-process-de-release-nous-lavons-rendu-grooooooovy)" by Guillaume Laforge, Cédric Champeau and Frédéric Simon
*   From Greach, [stateless authentication for microservices with Spring Security in Grails](http://greachconf.com/speakers/alvaro-sanchez-mariscal-stateless-authentication-for-microservices/), by Álvaro Sánchez-Mariscal

## Tweets

*   Ken Kousen published a [Groovy Fundamentals video course](https://twitter.com/kenkousen/status/600725847826366464) for O'Reilly Media
*   Craig Burke believes that [Grails 3 custom scripts can prove useful for generating Grails / Angular.JS CRUD apps](https://twitter.com/craigburke1/status/598883871330062336)
*   Craig Burke [upgraded his Angular.JS / Grails test app to Grails 3](https://twitter.com/craigburke1/status/598912886031912962)

## Books

*   Dierk König says that [Groovy in Action 2nd ed offers the first full description of Groovy as a static language](https://twitter.com/mittie/status/600199545335771136), covering static compilation, static type checking, and type checking extensions

## Events

*   The Gradle summit early bird ends Friday