Play Framework 2.x on windows with Eclipse from Scratch course. Run on local and deploy on Heroku.

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Play Framework installation

1. Downloads & prerequistes

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• Play Framework : Link
• Heroku Toolbelt : Link

2. Environment variables

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• Be sure to set the environment variables: JAVA_HOME (pointing to your Java SDK dir). "javac" cmd must work.
• And add the following locations to your PATH variable : JAVA_HOME/bin (%JAVA_HOME%\bin)
• Add play cmd to your path (PLAY_INSTALL_dir\bin)
• Add heroku cmd to your path (HEROKU_INSTALL_dir\bin)

3. Get and setup Eclipse

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• Get classic or Java developper version of Eclipse IDE
• Increase eclise heap size: -Xms512m -Xmx1024m
• Add Scala sdk to eclipse : Help > Eclipse Marketplace > In seach input type "Scala" > Select "Scala IDE for eclipse"

4. Create and run your first App :

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In Command prompt :
$ play new PROJECT_NAME 
$ play eclipse  (Transform you app to an Eclipse project)
$ play run

• App started on local server and run at : localhost:9000
• You can also now import the project into eclipse IDE and play with.

5. Deploy on Heroku

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You need to create a file named Procfile in the root of your project and for Play it should contain :

web: target/start -Dhttp.port=${PORT} -DapplyEvolutions.default=true -Ddb.default.url=${DATABASE_URL} -Ddb.default.driver=org.postgresql.Driver

Add PgSQL driver depedency, specify it into the project/Build.scala file:

val appDependencies = Seq(
  "postgresql" % "postgresql" % "8.4-702.jdbc4"
)

6. Available Cloud Hosters for Play / Scala applications

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• [Clou Foundry] (http://www.cloudfoundry.com)
• [Herokou] (https://www.heroku.com)
• [CloudBees] (http://www.cloudbees.com)

Problème connus :

• windows config env. variable missing "javac" => add java jdk to yout path (eg. java\jdk1.7.x\bin)