A basic GroovyFX HelloWorld program

helloGroovyFX.groovy

@Grab('org.codehaus.groovyfx:groovyfx:0.1')
import groovyx.javafx.GroovyFX
import groovyx.javafx.SceneGraphBuilder

//source: http://pleasingsoftware.blogspot.ca/2012/03/groovyfx-first-official-release.html
//run: groovy -classpath $JAVAFX_HOME/rt/lib/jfxrt.jar helloGroovyFX.groovy

GroovyFX.start {
  def sg = new SceneGraphBuilder()

  sg.stage(title: "GroovyFX Hello World", visible: true) {
    scene(fill: black, width: 530, height: 300) {
      hbox(padding: 80) {
        text(text: "Groovy", style: "-fx-font-size: 80pt") {
          fill linearGradient(endX: 0, stops: [palegreen, seagreen])
        }
        text(text: "FX", style: "-fx-font-size: 80pt") {
          fill linearGradient(endX: 0, stops: [cyan, dodgerblue])
          effect dropShadow(color: dodgerblue, radius: 25, spread: 0.25)
        }
      }
    }
  }
}