Run code on startup with Play and Scala

Depending on various projects, sometimes there is the need to execute some actions on initialization just before our application starts…

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Play and SBT basics

Previously we had an introduction to sbt, its default tasks and how to add extra tasks. Play comes with the…

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Use JSON with Play and Scala

Once getting your hands into typing scala code using play, the first thing that comes to mind is JSON. Without…

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SQL Data Access in Play using Scala

Today’s modern application frameworks come with apromise of easy sql data access. There is no wonder why we have so…

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Database Initialization with play and Scala

Once starting your play prototype application one of the priorities is to initialize your database and also manage the database schema…

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Your first Web application with Play and Scala

Today we are going to develop a simple play application using Scala. To do so we must have sbt installed…

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How to add auto-update the Version Number of a Play Framework 2.X Project

I wanted to have Version numbers that get automatically updated when I want to release a new version, so I…

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How We Used Slack, Scala and Play to Automate Our Lunch Order

Automate all the things! Slack slash commands to the rescue Every day at noon, lunch orders are launched. All the…

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It’s easy to document your Play Framework REST API with Swagger

This post orig­i­nally ran on http://​swag​ger​.io (7/30/2015) I hav­ing been using Play Frame­work as a Java-based, lightning-fast REST back­end frame­work…

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