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0 pointsbheadmaster2y ago0 comments

Groovy itself is a bad Groovy.

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AtlasBarfed2y ago

bad opinion is bad

I get gradle is a disaster (but that's more of a poorly managed and evolved DSL problem)

But ... does anyone use Spock and think "groovy sucks"? Yeah, I doubt it.

adl2y ago

Raises hand Here! I have to work with Spock on a Java codebase and I think groovy sucks ;-)

photogineer2y ago

Yeah I use Spock and Groovy all the time, good god does it suck big ones.

svieira2y ago

I hate to be "that guy" but ... raises hand.

Spock is also a DSL disaster that's trying to be ScalaTest (https://www.scalatest.org/user_guide/property_based_testing) but in a dynamic language. Every time I use it I have to re-learn the syntax. (I have the same issue with Gradle, so maybe it's just-me?)

bombcar2y ago

My problem with gradle is I never use it enough to get familiar with it, once the problem is solved I promptly forget everything.

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