Play Framework

For the next wave of the Heroku Java User Group Tour I will be speaking about running Java, Play Framework, and Scala apps on the cloud in these three wonderful places:

• Boulder, Colorado - December 13
• Phoenix, Arizona - December 14
• Portland, Oregon - December 20

I hope to see you there!

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. (Thanks to John Borys for pointing this out.)

If you are a Java developer then you really need to give Play Framework a try. It is really refreshing to take a few minutes, step out of the legacy-feeling world of traditional Java web app development and into something modern and fun. I want to walk you through a very simple tutorial where we will build a web application with Play Framework. The application will use JPA for persistence and expose access to the data through a JSON over HTTP interface. The client-side of the application will be built with jQuery. Lets get started.

The Heroku Java User Group Tour continues next week:

• Tuesday December 6 at the Central Ohio JUG
• Thursday December 8 at the Orange County JUG

The sessions will teach you how to deploy Java, Play! and Scala apps on the cloud with Heroku. Hope to see you there!

As expected… Devoxx 2011 rocked! Such a fun conference with top notch sessions and people. I presented a session on how to deploy Java, Play Framework, and Scala apps on Heroku. Matt Raible did a great (and very thorough) write-up on my session. Thanks Matt! Here are my slides:

There was also some hot news at Devoxx… Play Framework 2 is the official web framework in the Typesafe Stack! And Heroku already supports Play 2! Awesome stuff.

Devoxx is one of my favorite conferences of the year so I’m lucky to be presenting there again this year. This Thursday at noon I’ll be presenting about Heroku and how to deploy Java, Play Framework, and Scala apps on the cloud. Hopefully see you there!

On November 10, 2011 Sandeep Bhanot and I will be presenting an Introduction to Java & Play Framework on Heroku at the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View. Space is almost gone, so register now! Hope to see you there.

On Wednesday November 9, 2011 I’ll be presenting “Running Java, Play! and Scala Apps on the Cloud” at the Dallas Java User Group. If you are in the Dallas area then I hope to see you there!

Last week I posted the steps to getting started with Play Framework and Scala. Here is a video that walks through those steps in real-time:

Let me know if you have any questions.

Update: I’ve posted a new video showing how to create and run Play2 apps in IntelliJ.

JetBrains just announced that they have posted a new EAP release of IntelliJ IDEA that supports Play Framework apps! Here is a quick video I recorded that shows how to get IntelliJ setup with a Play app:

Thanks JetBrains! This is awesome stuff!

Building Play Framework apps with Scala is all the rage right now. And for good reason… It’s never been easier to build and deploy JVM-based web apps! Lets walk through how to build a Play app with Scala and then deploy it on the cloud with Heroku.

Step 1) Install the Play Framework (make sure you have at least version 1.2.3)

Step 2) Install the Play Scala module:

play install scala

Step 3) Create a new Play app with Scala support: