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. ...
