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Is socket.push(bytes) all you need to program Realtime Web apps?

One of the goals of Play2 architecture is to provide a programming model for what is called Realtime Web Applications.

Realtime Web Applications

Realtime Web Applications are applications that make use of Websockets, Server Sent Events, Comet or other protocols offering/simulating an open socket between the browser and the server for continuous communication. Basically, these applications let users work with information as it is published - without having to periodically ping the service.

There are quite a few web frameworks that target the development of this type of application: but usually the solution is to simply provide an API that allows developers to push/receive messages from/to an open channel, something like:

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Bits'bout Play2 Architecture

Play2 Simple HTTP API

Essential blueprint of Play2 architecture is pretty simple and it should be easy to explain in a fairly short blog post. The framework can be understood progressively at different levels; each time having better exposure to some aspects of its design.

The core of Play2 is really small, surrounded by a fair amount of useful APIs, services and structure to make Web Programming tasks easier.

Basically, Play2 is an API that abstractly have the folllowing type