Instant Play Framework Starter

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1. Instant Play Framework Starter
   1. Instant Play Framework Starter
   2. Credits
   3. About the Author
   4. About the Reviewers
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   7. 1. Instant Play Framework Starter
      1. So, what is Play?
      2. Installation
         1. Step 1 – What do I need?
         2. Step 2 – Downloading Play
         3. Step 3 – Setting the PATH environment variable
         4. Step 4 – Testing the Play installation
         5. And that's it!
      3. Quick start – Creating your first Play application
         1. Step 1 – Creating a new Play application
            1. Structure of a Play application
               1. The app/ folder
               2. The conf/ directory
               3. The project/ folder
               4. The public/ folder
               5. The test/ folder
         2. Step 2 – Using the Play console
            1. Starting our application
            2. Play console commands
            3. Closing the console
         3. Step 3 – Modifying our application
            1. Fast turnaround – change your code and hit reload!
            2. Stripped down and optimized stack traces
         4. Step 4 – Setting up your preferred IDE
            1. IntelliJ IDEA
            2. Eclipse
            3. Other IDEs
      4. Top features you need to know about
         1. 1 – Designing a Play application
            1. Introducing our sample application
            2. Defining the domain model
               1. The Java model
               2. The Scala model
            3. Designing the HTTP interface with the routes file
               1. Defining the application routes
               2. Dynamic request paths and variables
               3. Testing the routes
            4. Handling HTTP requests by controller actions
               1. Providing dummy implementations
               2. URL redirection with reverse routes
               3. Implementing controller actions
               4. The Java code
               5. The Scala code
                  1. What comes next
            5. Composing the UI from view templates
               1. Syntax of view templates
                  1. View parameters
                  2. View imports
                  3. View expressions
               2. Composing view templates
                  1. Example
                  2. Nesting view templates
            6. Implementing the phone book views
               1. Prerequisites
               2. The index view template
               3. The list view template
               4. The main view template
                  1. Fine-tuning the CSS style
               5. Providing some test data
         2. 2 – Dealing with user input
            1. Defining a form
               1. The server side
                  1. Binding data with a Java form
                  2. Binding data with a Scala form
               2. The client side
            2. Validating user input
               1. The server side
                  1. Defining constraints in Java
                  2. Defining constraints in Scala
               2. The client side
            3. Using form template helpers
         3. 3 – Connecting to a database
            1. Accessing data with Ebean for Java
               1. Customizing the configuration
               2. Creating the database schema
               3. Implementing the model
               4. Running the application
            2. Accessing data with Anorm for Scala
               1. Customizing the configuration
               2. Creating the database schema
               3. Implementing the model
               4. Running the application
            3. Accessing data with Slick for Scala
               1. Customizing the configuration
               2. Implementing the model
                  1. The data access object
                  2. The data access layer
               3. Generating the database schema
      5. People and places you should get to know
         1. Official sites
         2. Articles and tutorials
         3. Community
         4. Blogs
         5. Twitter