Chapter 6. Example DSL – GeeTwitter
Before we dive any deeper into Groovy's more advanced features, let's take some time out to build a simple Groovy DSL, using some of the knowledge that we acquired in the previous chapters. In this chapter, we will use closures to build a simple and useful DSL that allows us to automate simple scripts that interact with Twitter.
We will take a stepwise approach to building our DSL. Starting with some vanilla Java APIs that require Groovy or Java programming skills, we will progressively apply some cool Groovy features to evolve a simple DSL that anybody can use.
Since the first version of this book was released in 2010, Twitter has become an ubiquitous part of the social media landscape. So ubiquitous in ...
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