In a previous blog posting, I listed some “everyday problems” Java developers will often face and included some ideas and links related to addressing these issues. One of the focal points of that post ...

Groovy‘s RootLoader is a handy class that can be used to encapsulate a Groovy script’s reference to external classpath dependencies within the script itself. The documentation for RootLoader states, ...

this is essential stuff. if windows is letting you get by without fixing up your classpath, that's nice, but you aren't going to get very far as a java developer without understanding these issues.