Play for Java: Covers Play 2

by Nicolas Leroux, Sietse de Kaper

Summary

Play for Java shows you how to build Java-based web applications using the Play 2 framework. The book starts by introducing Play through a comprehensive overview example. Then, you'll look at each facet of a typical Play application, both by exploring simple code snippets and by adding to a larger running example. Along the way, you'll contrast Play and JEE patterns and learn how a stateless web application can fit seamlessly in an enterprise environment.

About the Book

For a Java developer, the Play web application framework is a breath of fresh air. With Play you get the power of Scala's strong type system and functional programming model, and a rock-solid Java API that makes it a snap to create stateless, event-driven, browser-based applications ready to deploy against your existing infrastructure.

Play for Java teaches you to build Java-based web applications using Play 2. This book starts with an overview example and then explores each facet of a typical application by discussing simple snippets as they are added to a larger example. Along the way, you'll contrast Play and JEE patterns and learn how a stateless web application can fit seamlessly in an enterprise Java environment. You'll also learn how to develop asynchronous and reactive web applications.

The book requires a background in Java. No knowledge of Play or of Scala is assumed.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

What's Inside

About the Authors

Nicolas Leroux is a core developer of the Play framework. Sietse de Kaper develops and deploys Java-based Play applications.

Table of Contents

Genres: Software, Programming

320 pages, Paperback

First published August 28, 2013

Reviews

[Burak Dede · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is just an introduction book on play just updated with latest version. Not so great for experienced developers looking best practices about designing play application especially if its an micro service or rest api. Author try to explain different parts of the play framework and combine them with rather simple, boring crud(warehouse) application (which has lots of missing parts by the way, thank god its has source code on github so that you can find missing parts).

[Jose Papo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book gives a good overview about reactive design, basics of creating your web application with Play, how to use the tools needed and even covers the topic of testing. The book shows how to use three different IDEs with Play 2: Eclipse, IntelliJ, and NetBeans. You also can stick with the Play 2 console and a text editor.

[Michel Lind]

Still in MEAP (early access program) and thus in serious need of proofreading, but a promising book, whether you're an intermediate Java programmer or an enterprise developer looking to slim down from J2EE