Use of JAVA_OPTS in Groovy is not limited to the groovy launcher or to runtime. In the blog post Using groovyc To Compile Groovy Scripts, I discussed several advantages of explicitly using groovyc ...

Groovy 1.7 features a new method that allows data to be moved by batches, which should simplify the writing of the migration scripts. It also features a similar method for transaction processing.

I mostly use Groovy for scripting and many of my scripting needs require the ability to navigate directory structures. In writing such scripts, it is helpful to know which properties are available ...