Getting started with the classic Play distribution

Download the classic Play distribution from http://www.playframework.com/download, and unpack the .zip archive in a directory of your choice. Add this directory to your path (so that running the play command anywhere on your filesystem will create a new application). With this alternative, you can open a terminal window and enter the following command:

> play new <PROJECT_NAME>   (for example  play new playsample)

The following output will be displayed:

We just need to press Enter as we have already given a project name on the previous command. The following will be displayed on pressing Enter:

Which template do you want to use for this new application? 
  1             - Create a simple Scala application
  2             - Create a simple Java application
> 1
OK, application playsample is created.

Have fun!

That's all; in less than a minute, we already have a fully working web app that we can now execute. As it is an SBT project...