Learn PLAY with Real Code Examples

Building a blog with REST API and web frontend

Developing a backend API for a mobile app

Implementing real-time chat using WebSockets

Creating dashboards with dynamic data

High-concurrency applications with non-blocking database access

Check `logs/application.log` for errors

Ensure proper JVM version and dependencies

Use `sbt compile` to check compilation issues

Check routes for conflicts or syntax errors

Use Play's dev mode to debug application

Use Play Test framework for unit and functional tests

Write tests for controllers, models, and actions

Use mock services for external dependencies

Run `sbt test` to execute tests

Include integration tests with database and API endpoints

Standalone JVM deployment

Docker containers

Cloud platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure

Kubernetes clusters for scaling

CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab

sbt for build and dependency management

Twirl template engine

Ebean ORM or Slick for database access

Play Test framework

WebSocket and Akka Streams integration

MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB

Redis for caching

Message brokers like Kafka or RabbitMQ

JSON and REST API endpoints

Akka Streams for reactive data processing

Use hot reload to speed up development

Leverage reactive streams and async actions

Reuse Twirl templates and components

Cache frequent data and views

Automate testing and CI/CD pipelines

Managing complex asynchronous flows

Optimizing JVM memory and threads

Scaling multiple Play instances

Integrating reactive streams with external services

Ensuring security in reactive applications