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Introducing Play Framework: Java Web Application Development
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Introducing Play Framework: Java Web Application Development

by Prem Kumar Karunakaran
March 2020
Intermediate to advanced
201 pages
2h 50m
English
Apress
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© Prem Kumar Karunakaran 2020
P. K. KarunakaranIntroducing Play Frameworkhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5645-9_2

2. Build System

Prem Kumar Karunakaran1 
(1)
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
 

Play uses sbt as its build system, as you saw in Chapter 1. A basic understanding of sbt is a must when you work with Play-based projects. The objective of this chapter is to provide a quick introduction to sbt.

Scala Build Tool/Simple Build Tool

sbt is the build tool for Scala and Java projects. It is similar to the Maven build tool typically used in Java projects. sbt is heavily inspired by Maven. As a build tool, it provides capabilities to compile, run, test, and package projects. Play comes packaged with sbt, so there is no need to install sbt separately. ...

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