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Scala Reactive Programming

You're reading from   Scala Reactive Programming Build scalable, functional reactive microservices with Akka, Play, and Lagom

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787288645
Length 552 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Reactive and Functional Programming FREE CHAPTER 2. Functional Scala 3. Asynchronous Programming with Scala 4. Building Reactive Applications with Akka 5. Adding Reactiveness with RxScala 6. Extending Applications with Play 7. Working with Reactive Streams 8. Integrating Akka Streams to Play Application 9. Reactive Microservices with Lagom 10. Testing Reactive Microservices 11. Managing Microservices in ConductR 12. Reactive Design Patterns and Best Practices 13. Scala Plugin for IntelliJ IDEA 14. Installing Robomongo 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Extending Applications with Play

In this chapter, we will discuss what Play Framework is and how to develop Reactive Web Applications using Scala, Akka, and Play Framework.

In this book, we will use the latest version of Play Framework, 2.6.11, which was released in July 2017. It requires a minimum of JDK 1.8, SBT 0.13.15, and Scala 2.11.x or 2.12.x.

Play is a very flexible framework such that it does not force developers to use a predefined flow/components/approach. We can use the best suitable approach to develop our applications.

Its official website is https://www.playframework.com/ and you can find its source code on GitHub at https://github.com/playframework/playframework.

In this chapter, we will learn the following concepts:

  • What is Play Framework and what are its features, benefits, and building blocks?
  • Play Architecture and its Project structure
  • Play Framework simple...
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