Auto-Refresh for Play Framework Apps - No Fluff Just Stuff

Auto-Refresh for Play Framework Apps

Posted by: James Ward on May 15, 2013

Over this past weekend I built a little tool for Play Framework app developers which auto-refreshes an app in Chrome when the source code or static assets change.

Check out a video demonstration:

For information on how to set it up, check out the project on GitHub:
https://github.com/jamesward/play-auto-refresh

Special thanks to Josh Suereth for helping me figure out the SBT magic.

James Ward

About James Ward

Professional software developer since 1997, with much of that time spent helping developers build software that doesn't suck. A Typed Pure Functional Programming zealot who often compromises on his ideals to just get stuff done. Currently a Developer Advocate for AWS and AAIF Technical Committee member.

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