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If you already have Maven installed, then GMaven is the quickest path to running some Groovy tools! |
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Groovy Shell
Provides very convenient command-line access to the Groovy language:
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mvn groovy:shell |
Which should look something like this:

For more information please see the documentation for Groovy Shell.
Groovy Console
For folks that prefer a GUI over command-line access:
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mvn groovy:console |
After running, Maven will spit out something similar to this:
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[INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'groovy'. [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building Maven Default Project [INFO] task-segment: [groovy:console] (aggregator-style) [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [groovy:console] |
And then display the GUI console window, waiting for it to be closed before continuing:

For more information please see the documentation for Groovy Console.
