© Prem Kumar Karunakaran 2020
P. K. KarunakaranIntroducing Play Frameworkhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5645-9_1

1. Getting Started with Play 2

Prem Kumar Karunakaran1 
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Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
 
After reading the introductory section on Play 2, you should now have an idea of the capabilities of Play Framework and how it can accelerate Java web development. This chapter is about

  • Installing Play Framework

  • Setting up Play Framework on your machine

  • Configuring Play Framework

  • Creating the first sample project

  • Setting up the IDE

Getting Ready

All you need is a browser and Internet connectivity. You can install Play on a wide variety of operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac. The operating system should have Java installed. ...

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