Groovy is well-suited for developing domain-specific languages (DSLs) due to its features for removing boilerplate code, closures, operator overloading, and AST transformations. A DSL is a computer language specialized for a particular application domain, unlike general-purpose languages. DSLs follow the open-closed principle and allow domain experts rather than programmers to specify certain aspects of an application. This document discusses how Groovy can help create DSLs that involve stakeholders and help developers.

1. Groovy for Domain-
Specific Languages
Yaroslav Yermilov
Senior Software Engineer, EPAM Systems

2. About DSL
A domain-specific language (DSL)
is a computer language specialized
to a particular application domain.
This is in contrast to a general-
purpose language (GPL), which is
broadly applicable across domains,
and lacks specialized features for a
particular domain.

3. Why DSL?
● The Open Closed Principle
● Help yourself
● Involve stakeholder

4. About Groovy

5. Why Groovy?
● JVM
● removing boilerplate
● closures
● operator overloading
● metaprogramming
● AST-transformations
● much more

6. https://github.com/yermilov/groovy-dsl

7. Further reading