© Prem Kumar Karunakaran 2020
P. K. KarunakaranIntroducing Play Frameworkhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5645-9_9

9. Using Play Modules

Prem Kumar Karunakaran1 
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Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
 

A Play application can be assembled from several application modules. This helps in reusing the application components across several applications. The modules also help in splitting a large application into several smaller applications.

A module is just another Play application. Modules can introduce feature-specific abilities such as adding a different persistence mechanism, integrating other view techniques, or integrating a new caching framework.

The modules framework got a revamp since Play 2.5.x. There is not much difference between a module and ...

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