CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2014/ch1a 1 sj

Play Framework is a high velocity web development framework for Java and Scala. It uses the Model-view-controller (MVC) architectural pattern for implementing user interfaces. Play is based on a lightweight, stateless and web-friendly architectue written in Scala. The prmary goal of Play framework is to provide a developer friendly development platform for web development.

The major advantage of Play over other Java EE frameworks is its ability to build highly scalable applications. Its reactive model (Reactive Manifesto), thanks to Iteratee IO provides nominal consumption of resources (CPU cores, memory), a major requirement for ascendable and asynchronous applications.

Some of the major names using Play framework are LinkedIn, Klout, TheGuardian, ZapTravel and GILT

Background

Play framework

History of Releases

The early versions of Play framework can be traced back to early 2007 while it was being developed at Zenexity by software developer Guillaume Bort. The first full version of Play was in October 2009. Later in 2011, Sadek Drobi, co-creator of Play, joined the Play development wagon.

Release Hitory

Release Version	Date of Release	Features
Play 1.x	November 2010 - April 2011	Native Scala Support Migration from Apache MINA to JBoss Netty OAuth and HTTPS support
Play 2.0	March 2012	Native Support for Java and Scala Asynchronous programming support by inclusion of WebSockets and Comet Built-in relational database access libraries such as Ebean, JPA and Anorm
Play 2.1	Februrary 2013	Migration to Scala 2.10 API RequireJS support New Scala JSON API
Play 2.2	September 2013	Improved Java Promise API SBT 0.13 support Built in Gzip support
Play 2.3	May 2014	Introduced Activator command Support for Scala 2.11 Custom SSL Engine for HTTPS