Foreword
Before Struts existed I wrote an entire Java web application inside a single Servlet method because that is basically how I’d done things in Perl. Back then web apps were simple and the tools were immature. As the web evolved, dozens of Java web frameworks emerged which were all built on the same Servlet foundation. Being over 15 years old, the Servlet foundation is showing its age. The traditional Java web frameworks haven’t kept up with the modern needs for higher developer productivity and emerging web techniques like RESTful JSON services, WebSockets, asset compilers, and reactive architectures.
Play Framework was created to revolutionize Java web application development. Play is built for modern web needs and puts developer productivity ...
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