The Groovy programming language has gained in popularity over the last year, such that it has now cracked the top 20 list of the TIOBE Index of most popular programming languages.

Moving over to the Apache Software Foundation has been good for the Groovy language, with downloads more than doubling inside of six months. Orphaned by Pivotal in March, the dynamic language for ...

While the Groovy language registered only a minuscule number in this month’s Tiobe index of programming language popularity, it nonetheless broke into the list’s top 20 languages for the first ...

The Groovy programming language has been proposed as an Apache Software Foundation Incubator project, as its sponsorship by Pivotal ends.

Java-compatible language Groovy has re-entered the top 20 most popular languages, according to Tiobe's search engine-based rankings. Groovy, which came to life in 2007, hasn't been a top-20 ...

The new version of the Groovy programming language aims to make life easier for programmers who work with Java and SQL, the language’s developers note. Last month, SpringSource, a division of ...

Groovy, a language that runs on the Java virtual machine (JVM), also made a return to the top 20 this month, rising from 48th position last April to its current 17th position. But it was in 10th ...

Groovy acts as support for Java, a popular programming language used in web development. Groovy takes anything that uses Java, like computer systems and desktop applications, and simplifies the code.

Over the course of the year, Groovy fell from 12th position all the way to 20th, putting it perilously close to the “other programming languages” list. TIOBE CEO Paul Jansen attributes Groovy ...

The new version of the Groovy programming language aims to make life easier for programmers who work with Java and SQL, the language’s developers note. Last month, SpringSource, a division of ...