UPDATE: This tutorial is for Play 1.x (an old version). Check out my Play 2 Tutorial if you want to get started with the latest stuff. Last week Heroku announced that [you can now run Java apps on Heroku][1]. Today [Heroku announced][2] that you can also easily run [Play Framework][3] apps on Heroku! Here's a quick guide to getting started with Play! on Heroku: 1. Install the heroku command line client on [Linux][4], [Mac][5], or [Windows][6]. 2. Install [git][7] and setup your SSH key 3. [Install Play! version 1.2.3][8] 4. Login to Heroku from the command line: ```bash heroku auth:login ``` 5. Create a new Play! app: ```bash play new play_hello_world cd play_hello_world ``` 6. Run the app locally to test it: ```bash play run --%production ``` 7. Create a git repo, add the files, and commit: ```bash git init git add app conf lib public test git commit -m init ``` 8. Create a new app on Heroku: ```bash heroku create -s cedar ``` 9. Push the app to Heroku: ```bash git push heroku master ``` 10. Open the app in your browser: ```bash heroku open ``` That's it! If you want to learn more about Heroku, check out the [Heroku for Java Workbook][9] and the [Heroku Dev Center][10]. And if you are at Dreamforce 2011 then check out [Felipe Oliveira's][11] session on "Introducing Play! Framework: Painless Java and Scala Web Applications" on Wednesday at 3:30pm. Let me know what you think and if you have any questions. [1]: http://www.jamesward.com/2011/08/25/heroku-adds-java-support "Heroku Adds Java Support" [2]: http://blog.heroku.com/archives/2011/8/29/play/ [3]: http://www.playframework.org [4]: http://toolbelt.herokuapp.com/linux/readme [5]: http://toolbelt.herokuapp.com/osx/download [6]: http://toolbelt.herokuapp.com/windows/download [7]: http://git-scm.com/ [8]: http://www.playframework.org/download [9]: https://github.com/heroku/java-workbook [10]: http://devcenter.heroku.com/ [11]: http://geeks.aretotally.in/