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Learning Play! Framework 2

By : Andy Petrella
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Learning Play! Framework 2

By: Andy Petrella

Overview of this book

<p>The Learning Play! Framework 2 has been created for web developers that are building web applications. The core idea is to focus on the HTTP features and to enable them through a simplification lens. Building a web application no longer requires a configuration phase, an environment setup, or a long development lifecycle - it's integrated!<br /><br />Learning Play! Framework 2 will enable any web developers to create amazing web applications taking advantage of the coolest features. It's the fastest way to dive into Play!, focusing on the capabilities by using them in a sample application. Although essentially Java based code, a Scala version is presented as well – giving an opportunity to see some Scala in action.<br /><br />After setting up the machine and learning some Scala, you will construct an application which builds from static to dynamic, before introducing a database. <br /><br />Then we'll focus on how data can be consumed and rendered in several ways. This will enable some real time communication through WebSocket and Server-Sent Event – on both server and client sides.</p> <p>The book will end with testing and deployment, which completes any web development project.</p>
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Learning Play! Framework 2
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.packtpub.com
Preface
Materials
Index

Summary


In this chapter, we learned that Play! Framework 2 provides all the tools needed in order to work with remote third-party services. They represent their data either as XML or JSON, but it's not a big deal, thanks to the body parsing feature of Play! Framework 2.

We also took the opportunity to look at the WS API itself, the types that are important, and how and in which situations to use them (GET, POST, and so on). We're now ready to use any REST API easily.

Finally, we've seen what an asynchronous request in Play! Framework 2 is, and how to create it for long or potentially long tasks. It resulted in the performance of the application no longer being directly linked with the performance of remote third parties.

We ended up with a good overview of what Play! Framework 2 is able to offer us for the creation of amazing web applications, and how it is integrated with all layers composing a modern application, including not only the server side but also the client side.

However, what about...