Groovy Alternatives

Groovy is described as 'agile and dynamic language for the Java Virtual Machine (JVM)' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Groovy for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Online / Web-based. The best alternative is Python, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Groovy are JavaScript, Java, C# and Ruby.

Groovy alternatives are mainly Programming Languages but may also be Game Development Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Groovy.

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Groovy is an agile and dynamic language for the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

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Python
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79 alternatives to Python
Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, extensible programming language. It provides an extraordinary combination of clarity and versatility, and is free and comprehensively ported.
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1. LightweightPython consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Support for scriptingPython supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
3. PortablePython can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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Python is not a JVM language and hence cannot be seamlessly mixed with existing Java code, which is a major feature of Groovy. A similarity between the two languages is that both can be used for scripting, though.
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It powers a very powerful and dynamic framework,Django.
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JavaScript
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60 alternatives to JavaScript
JavaScript (sometimes shortened to JS) is a lightweight, interpreted, object-oriented language with first-class functions, most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but also used in many non-browser environments.
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1. Support for scriptingJavaScript supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
2. LightweightJavaScript consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. PortableJavaScript can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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Java
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58 alternatives to Java
Java is a general-purpose computer programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, and specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.
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It is wide-spread, highly stable and very flexible. You have good support around all over the internet and tons of 3rd party libraries you can use. Java is IMHO just THE programming language for people who want to be productive {??}.
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63 alternatives to C#
C# is a multi-paradigm programming language encompassing strong typing, imperative, declarative, functional, generic, object-oriented (class-based), and component-oriented programming disciplines.
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Ruby
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67 alternatives to Ruby
Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general purpose object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like features. Ruby originated in Japan during the mid-1990s and was initially developed and designed by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto.
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Lua
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67 alternatives to Lua
Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language.

Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, runs by interpreting bytecode for a register-based.
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1. LightweightLua consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Support for scriptingLua supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
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Kotlin
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46 alternatives to Kotlin
Kotlin is a cross-platform, statically typed, general-purpose programming language with type inference. Kotlin is designed to interoperate fully with Java, and the JVM version of its standard library depends on the Java Class Library, but type inference allows its syntax to be...
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Dart
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58 alternatives to Dart
Dart (originally called Dash) is a Web programming language developed by Google. It was unveiled at the GOTO conference in Aarhus, 2011 October 10-12. The goal of Dart is "ultimately to replace JavaScript as the lingua franca of web development on the open web platform.

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Nim (programming language)
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71 alternatives to Nim (programming language)
Nim is a statically typed, imperative programming language with a powerful macro system that tries to give the programmer ultimate power without compromises on runtime efficiency.
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F# (programming language)
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58 alternatives to F# (programming language)
F# is a succinct, expressive and efficient functional and object-oriented language for .NET which helps you write simple code to solve complex problems.
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