This document provides an overview of using Dropwizard, a Java framework for building production-grade RESTful web services, with Groovy. It discusses how Dropwizard combines popular Java libraries and frameworks, highlights some companies using Dropwizard with Groovy successfully, and describes key parts of a Dropwizard application like configurations, resources, representations, metrics, and deployment. The document emphasizes how Dropwizard enables service-oriented architectures and provides advantages like performance, testability, and easy deployment.