James Strachan is a programmer who created the [[Groovy (programming language)]] (see the [[Timeline of programming languages]]) in 2003.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rocher|first1=Graeme |last2=Brown|first2=Jeff|title=The Definitive Guide to Grails|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ddwyg3ADVCEC&pg=PA545&dq=%22James+Strachan%22+groovy&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22James%20Strachan%22%20groovy&f=false|accessdate=29 november 2011|edition=2|year=2009|publisher=Apress|isbn=1590599950|page=545}}</ref> He is a member of the [[Apache Software Foundation]] and a cofounder of a number of other open source projects such