'''James Strachan''' is a programmer[[software engineer]] who created the [[Groovy (programming language)]] (see the [[Timeline of|Groovy programming languageslanguage]]) 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 cofounderco-founder of a number of other [[open-source software|open source]] projects such as:<ref>[http://www.ohloh.net/accounts/jstrachan James Strachan open-source contribution history] on [[Ohloh]]</ref>
* [[Apache ActiveMQ]]
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* [[Apache ServiceMix]]
Strachan is currently employed by [[FuseSource Corp.|FuseSource]].
His full open source contribution history is on [http://www.ohloh.net/accounts/jstrachan ohloh]. James currently works at FuseSource
==See also==
* [[Timeline of programming languages]]
==References==
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