Play for Scala

Table of Contents

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this Book

About the Cover Illustration

1. Getting started

Chapter 1. Introduction to Play 2

1.1. What Play is

1.1.1. Key features

1.1.2. Java and Scala

1.1.3. Play isn’t Java EE

1.2. High-productivity web development

1.2.1. Working with HTTP

1.2.2. Simplicity, productivity, and usability

1.3. Why Scala needs Play

1.4. Type-safe web development—why Play needs Scala

1.5. Hello Play!

1.5.1. Getting Play and setting up the Play environment

1.5.2. Creating and running an empty application

1.5.3. Play application structure

1.5.4. Accessing the running application

1.5.5. Add a controller class

1.5.6. Add a compilation error

1.5.7. Use ...