Trendy Bastards, Aren't We?
April 24th, 2008
Pretty groovy!
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April 24th, 2008 at 01:40 PM
Yes, but in the local listings at least, Ruby is always a “plus”, usually occurring on the same line as shell scripting. The only thing I’ve ever seen listed as a core skill is Rails.
April 24th, 2008 at 02:47 PM
Makes sense really. Java developers are using Groovy – as a supplement to Java…there’s no need to advertise this as a requirement.
Pretty sure this won’t make it in the comments…even with textile, but here goes:
But, the point is that a comparo between Rails and Grails reveals the same thing.
April 26th, 2008 at 10:35 AM
The post was primarily facetious; small fish in a tiny pond sort of thing. Ruby beats Groovy in job listings, but C# and Java stomp Ruby.
And, Kit, you are probably right that Groovy is more a toolkit item for Java developers than a primary job requirement.
I would bet that in many places people are hired to use Java with Struts or Hibernate or Spring or whatever, plus some additional J2EE bloat, and developers turn around and suggest using Groovy or Grails or something suitably agile. The ad listings can’t tell us how many folks are in fact using these tools.