It's probably a function of it being the language that exists, and my unfamiliarity with it. I regularly just want to do the Java versions of the operation but find myself "translating" to the Groovy code where I'm unfamiliar with the design methodologies of the language and where they differ from the Java methodologies. There's interop, I'm aware, but in things like Jenkins plugins, that's kind of heavy.
If you don't mind me expoliating your situation. It's probably the issue because it's not fundimentally that much different than java. [It's more of a half step] Take some time, read Groovy in Action in depth. Get some experience with it. It can be a lot of fun when you have more experience. (As is the case with scala as well. but that's more of a full step in languages)
