Course Title: Groovy Programming Training Course

Course Overview:
This course is designed to teach students the fundamentals of Groovy programming. It covers basic syntax, control structures, functions and closures, object-oriented programming, collections, testing, scripting, web development, and domain-specific languages (DSLs). Students will also be tasked with a final project that requires them to apply what they have learned.

Prerequisites:

• Basic knowledge of Java programming
• Familiarity with object-oriented programming concepts
• Access to a computer with Groovy installed and an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) such as Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA.

Course Objectives:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the basic syntax and structure of Groovy programming language.
• Apply control structures, functions, and closures in Groovy programming.
• Implement object-oriented programming concepts such as classes, inheritance, and polymorphism in Groovy.
• Use Groovy collections for efficient data handling.

Course Content
Module 1: Introduction to Groovy

• What is Groovy?
• Differences between Groovy and Java
• Installing Groovy and the Groovy Console
• Basic syntax and data types

Module 2: Control Structures

• Conditional statements (if-else, switch)
• Loops (while, for)
• Exception handling

Module 3: Functions and Closures

• Defining functions
• Closure and functional programming
• Using closures for fluent APIs

Module 4: Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) in Groovy

• Classes and objects
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism
• Metaprogramming and runtime enhancements

Module 5: Groovy Collections

• Using Groovy collections
• Lists, Maps, and Ranges
• Functional programming with collections

Module 6: Groovy Testing

• Introduction to testing frameworks
• Unit testing with Spock
• Integration testing with Geb

Module 7: Advanced Groovy Scripting

• Working with Files
• Working with XML -Parsing XML documents
• Working with JSON-Parsing JSON documents

Module 8: Final Project
Students will be tasked with a final project that will require them to apply the concepts and skills they have learned throughout the course.