How to install Groovy on Ubuntu 20.04

Link to install groovy

sudo snap install groovy --classic

vi ~/.bashrc
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

source ~/.bashrc

To open Groovy Console, go to Activities and in search type Groovy. Click Console For Ap… icon. It will open the Groovy Console.

How to set up groovy in vs code in ubuntu?

How to run groovy on Visual Studio Code

• Step 0 : Install vs code with sudo snap install code --classic
• Step 1 : Open VS Code and go to extensions and install code-groovy
• Step 2 : Create a folder and create a file with .groovy extenstion
• Step 3 : Write groovy code in the file
• Step 4 : Run groovy code with groovy ./[script name].groovy

groovy ./script.groovy

• Step 5 : Write groovy code in the file
• Step 6 : Open VS Code and go to extensions and install run code to run the code in vs code directly

Print some test

NB: We do not to put the code on the class. We can just write and it will works perfectly.

println("Hello World");
println("This is to test groovy");

Test code in the class

class MyFirstGroovyProgram {
    static void main(args) {
        println("Hello World");
        println("This is to test groovy");
    }
}