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Introducing Play Framework

Java Web Application Development

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  • © 2020

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Authors:
  1. Prem Kumar Karunakaran

    1. Thiruvananthapuram, India

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  • The first quick learning guide for the Play framework
  • The first contemporary book on the Play framework, covering the latest version
  • Covers both Java and Scala web development

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Getting Started with Play 2

    • Prem Kumar Karunakaran
    Pages 1-31

  3. Build System

    • Prem Kumar Karunakaran
    Pages 33-44

  4. Play Controllers and HTTP Routing

    • Prem Kumar Karunakaran
    Pages 45-64

  5. Play Views and Templating with Scala

    • Prem Kumar Karunakaran
    Pages 65-74

  6. Concurrency and Asynchronous Programming

    • Prem Kumar Karunakaran
    Pages 75-86

  7. Web Services, JSON, and XML

    • Prem Kumar Karunakaran
    Pages 87-104

  8. Accessing Databases

    • Prem Kumar Karunakaran
    Pages 105-131

  9. Complete Example

    • Prem Kumar Karunakaran
    Pages 133-156

  10. Using Play Modules

    • Prem Kumar Karunakaran
    Pages 157-161

  11. Application Settings and Error Handling

    • Prem Kumar Karunakaran
    Pages 163-174

  12. Working with Cache

    • Prem Kumar Karunakaran
    Pages 175-181

  13. Production Deployment

    • Prem Kumar Karunakaran
    Pages 183-186

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 187-192
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About this book

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 2.8).

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. 

What You Will Learn

  • 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

Who This Book Is For

Those with at least some prior experience with Java.  

 


Authors and Affiliations

  • Thiruvananthapuram, India

    Prem Kumar Karunakaran

About the author

Prem Kumar Karunakaran is an enterprise architect with around 14 years of industry experience. He holds a bachelors degree in electronics engineering and is also an Oracle Certified Java Enterprise Edition Master. He was involved in the architecture and design of many cutting-edge products used by clients around the globe. He has worked with organizations such as Infosys and IBS as an architect and has worked in many projects spanning airlines, logistics, travel and retail. He is passionate about Java and loves to learn new technologies and contributes his time to open source initiatives as well.

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