Creating a Running Application Inside the Play Console

gistfile1.scala

import play.core._
import play.api._
import play.api.mvc._

import java.io._

import play.api.Play.current

val app = Application(new File("."), new ApplicationClassLoader(this.getClass.getClassLoader), None, Play.Mode.Dev)

Play.start(app)

current // should not fail

import play.api.db._

val db = DB.getDataSource()

implicit val connection = db.getConnection()