Play for Scala Covers Play 2
Play for Scala by Peter Hilton, published by Manning on October 14, 2013, is a comprehensive guide designed for readers familiar with Scala and web-based application architectures. This first edition spans 328 pages and provides an in-depth exploration of building Scala-based web applications using the Play 2 framework. The book begins with a thorough overview example and progresses through various facets of a typical Play application, incorporating simple code snippets and enhancing a larger running example.
Readers will find detailed insights into Play’s MVC structure, data persistence, and the use of web services, along with advanced features that leverage Scala’s strong type system and the Akka framework for concurrency. The content is structured to deepen knowledge of Scala while guiding users through practical applications, making it suitable for those looking to develop scalable, event-based, and nonblocking web applications. The purchase of the print edition includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats, enhancing accessibility for learners.
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Play for Scala shows you how to build Scala-based web applications using the Play 2 framework. This book starts by introducing Play through a comprehensive overview example. Then, you’ll look at each facet of a typical Play application both by exploring simple code snippets and by adding to a larger running example. Along the way, you’ll deepen your knowledge of Scala as a programming language and work with tools like Akka.
About this Book
Play is a Scala web framework with built-in advantages: Scala’s strong type system helps deliver bug-free code, and the Akka framework helps achieve hassle-free concurrency and peak performance. Play builds on the web’s stateless nature for excellent scalability, and because it is event-based and nonblocking, you’ll find it to be great for near real-time applications.
Play for Scala teaches you to build Scala-based web applications using Play 2. It gets you going with a comprehensive overview example. It then explores each facet of a typical Play application by walking through sample code snippets and adding features to a running example. Along the way, you’ll deepen your knowledge of Scala and learn to work with tools like Akka.
Written for readers familiar with Scala and web-based application architectures. No knowledge of Play is assumed.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.
What’s Inside
- Intro to Play 2
- Play’s MVC structure
- Mastering Scala templates and forms
- Persisting data and using web services
- Using Play’s advanced features
About the Authors
Peter Hiltonv, Erik Bakker, and Francisco Canedo, are engineers at Lunatech, a consultancy with Scala and Play expertise. They are contributors to the Play framework.
Table of Contents
- PART 1: GETTING STARTED
- Introduction to Play
- Your first Play application
- Deconstructing Play application architecture
- Defining the application’s HTTP interface
- Storing data—the persistence layer
- Building a user interface with view templates
- Validating and processing input with the forms API
- Building a single-page JavaScript application with JSON
- Play and more
- Web services, iteratees, and WebSockets
PART 2: CORE FUNCTIONALITY
PART 3: ADVANCED CONCEPTS
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