ANN: Groovy Console plugin available

[Jarek Sacha-2]

The Groovy Console plugin enables editing and running Groovy scripts from within
ImageJ. The scripts have full access to ImageJ’s API and APIs of the installed
plugins.

The plugin website/download is at: http://ij-plugins.sf.net/plugins/groovy/  The
website has code examples, tips, and a tutorial on working with ImageJ’s macro
recorder.

Groovy (http://groovy.codehaus.org/) is a dynamic language that builds on the
strengths of Java, adding power features inspired by languages like Python, Ruby
and Smalltalk. The plugin is bundled with Groovy v.1.7.8.

Jarek

[ctrueden]

Hi Jarek,

Any interest in incorporating the Groovy support into Fiji? It's Script
Editor supports several languages (Java, Javascript, Python, Ruby, Clojure,
Beanshell, and ImageJ Macro) but not yet Groovy.

-Curtis

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Jarek Sacha <[hidden email]>wrote:

> The Groovy Console plugin enables editing and running Groovy scripts from
> within
> ImageJ. The scripts have full access to ImageJ’s API and APIs of the
> installed
> plugins.
>
> The plugin website/download is at:
> http://ij-plugins.sf.net/plugins/groovy/  The
> website has code examples, tips, and a tutorial on working with ImageJ’s
> macro
> recorder.
>
> Groovy (http://groovy.codehaus.org/) is a dynamic language that builds on
> the
> strengths of Java, adding power features inspired by languages like Python,
> Ruby
> and Smalltalk. The plugin is bundled with Groovy v.1.7.8.
>
> Jarek
>

[Jarek Sacha-2]

Curtis:
> Any interest in incorporating the Groovy support into Fiji?
I will be glad to see it there, though I do not use Script Editor that much.

I would like to be able to run Groove and Scala scripts in ImageJ.
Groovy was a low hanging fruit, since the Console is part of Groovy, and
could be easily run from a plugin. The basic need for Groovy is now
satisfied.

Integrating Scala scripting is a bit more complex, there are some issues
with class loader. I have working prototype of a plugins for script
executor and command line interpreter. The plan is to have a simple
solution for plain ImageJ. Integration into the Fuji's Script Editor may
be a later consideration.

Jarek

[dscho]

Hi,

On Sun, 6 Mar 2011, Jarek Sacha wrote:

> Curtis:
> > Any interest in incorporating the Groovy support into Fiji?
>
> I will be glad to see it there, though I do not use Script Editor that
> much.
>
> I would like to be able to run Groove and Scala scripts in ImageJ.
> Groovy was a low hanging fruit, since the Console is part of Groovy, and
> could be easily run from a plugin. The basic need for Groovy is now
> satisfied.

Actually, I think it would be better to have Groovy supported in the
standardized way the scripting framework provides (because that makes for
less surprises with users who are used to a certain set of supported
features).

> Integrating Scala scripting is a bit more complex, there are some issues
> with class loader.

I started with Scala some time ago, because there was an interested
person, but since I did only the first step the project was never
completed. Would be easy, though (read: less than a day of work).

> I have working prototype of a plugins for script executor and command
> line interpreter. The plan is to have a simple solution for plain
> ImageJ. Integration into the Fuji's Script Editor may be a later
> consideration.

Heh. That name ("Fuji") is taken by a big company already.

Ciao,
Johannes

[Jarek Sacha-2]

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 6:13 AM, Johannes Schindelin <
[hidden email]> wrote:

> I started with Scala some time ago, because there was an interested
> person, but since I did only the first step the project was never
> completed. Would be easy, though (read: less than a day of work).


Would you have time to do it?

Jarek