Introducing Play Framework: Java Web Application Development

Enter the world of rapid web application development. This gentle introduction to Play covers all you need to know: it carefully introduces the background concepts before diving into examples, making learning Play 2 enjoyable (it includes the latest Play framework version 2.7). Introducing Play Framework is crisp, up-to-the-point, and full of valuable information. You will find chapters covering the basics of Play, the sbt build system, the Ebean ORM, web services using Play, production deployment, cache, and more with actual pragmatic code snippets for common tasks. After reading and using this book, you'll be able to build and deploy Java-based web applications with the Play framework. You will: Use the Play framework to do rapid Java-based web application development Work with Play controllers and Play views Create web services using JSON and XML Persist data and access databases Use Play modules Carry out asynch programming Cache, deploy, and work with code snippets in Play.

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Intro -- Table of Contents -- About the Author -- About the Technical Reviewer -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Getting Started with Play 2 -- Getting Ready -- Installation -- Prerequisites -- Installing sbt -- Installing conscript -- Installing Giter8 -- Setting Up Play -- Using Play Example Projects -- Using sbt -- Installing a Java Project Using sbt -- Installing a Scala Project Using sbt -- Creating Your First Project -- app -- conf -- build.sbt -- project -- public -- lib -- test -- Configuring Play to Work with Your Preferred IDE -- Setting Up in Eclipse -- Setting Up in IntelliJ

Hello World Application -- Configuration -- Controller and View -- View -- Controller -- Enhancing the View -- Testing Play Applications -- Testing Views -- Testing Controllers -- Chapter 2: Build System -- Scala Build Tool/Simple Build Tool -- Core Principles -- Benefits of sbt -- Project Structure -- Using sbt -- Setting Definition -- Resolvers -- Complete build.sbt -- Complete plugins.sbt -- Quick Recap of SBT Commands -- Chapter 3: Play Controllers and HTTP Routing -- MVC Programming Model -- Model -- View -- Controller -- HTTP Routing -- Static Definition -- Dynamic Parts in a URL

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