Category Archives: Play Framework

Tutorial: Play Framework 2 with Scala, Anorm, JSON, CoffeeScript, jQuery & Heroku

Play Framework 2 RC2 has been released and it is quickly becoming a mature and productive way to build modern web apps. Lets walk through building a quick app with Play 2, Scala, Anorm, JSON, CoffeeScript, and jQuery. Once the app works locally we will deploy it on the cloud with Heroku. (Note: This is [...]

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Heroku Java UG Tour: Seattle, Gainesville, and Orlando

My Java User Group Tour continues this week in Seattle, Gainesville, and Orlando. I’ll be presenting about how to run Java, Play Framework, and Scala apps on the Cloud. Check out the JUG sites for details: Tuesday February 21 in Seattle Wednesday February 22 at the Gator JUG Thursday February 23 in Orlando Hope to [...]

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Video: Java, Play Framework & Scala Apps on Heroku

If you haven’t been able to make it to one of my Java User Group talks about Heroku but you want to see the presentation, then you are in luck! The Portland JUG recorded my talk on Running Java, Play Framework, and Scala Apps on the Cloud with Heroku. Check it out and let me [...]

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Heroku at Jfokus and Spring I/O 2012

In just a few weeks I’ll be over in Europe presenting about Heroku at two fantastic Java conferences. First up is Jfokus in Stockholm! On February 14 at 20:00 I will be leading a Cloud Conversations BoF. Then on February 15 at 11:10 I will be speaking about how to “git push” Java & Play! [...]

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Try the New Play Framework Heroku Plugin

I just published a Heroku Plugin for Play Framework. Right now it just deploys a Play app to Heroku. Try it out: Signup for a Heroku account Install the Heroku plugin locally: $ play install heroku Create a Play (1.2.3 or 1.2.4) app: $ play new foo –with heroku Or if you already have an [...]

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Java on Heroku at CinJUG, Detroit JUG, and MongoDB Boulder

Over the next few days I’ll be presenting about Java, Play Framework, and Scala on Heroku at a couple Java User Groups and a MongoDB conference: Cincinnati JUG on January 26th Detroit JUG on January 31st MongoDB Boulder on Febuary 1st Hope to see you there!

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Just Released the S3Blobs Play Framework Module for Amazon S3

I’ve just posted the first release of the S3Blobs Play Framework Module. This module makes it easy to upload and download files from Amazon S3 from a JPA entity in a Play Framework Java application. This module is based on a POC that I did a few months ago, the JPA stuff from Tim Kral, [...]

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Java, Play! & Scala on Heroku – This Week in San Diego, Mountain View, and Albany

This week I’ll presenting at three Java User Groups about Running Java, Play! and Scala Apps on the Cloud: San Diego Java User’s Group on Tuesday, January 17th Silicon Valley Web JUG on Wednesday, January 18th The Capital District Java Developers Network on Thursday January 19th Hope to see you there!

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Heroku JUG Tour: Boulder, Phoenix, & Portland

For the next wave of the Heroku Java User Group Tour I will be speaking about running Java, Play Framework, and Scala apps on the cloud in these three wonderful places: Boulder, Colorado – December 13 Phoenix, Arizona – December 14 Portland, Oregon – December 20 I hope to see you there!

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