Playing with the Play Framework using Scala

This presentation will cover an introduction to the framework by creating a basic web application in Scala to get you started.

The Play Framework is a lightweight and stateless web framework that is part of the Typesafe stack, a stack which includes Akka, a reactive message driven toolkit, and the Scala programming language. The presentation will cover an introduction to the framework by creating a basic web application in Scala to get you started. The presentation will also cover the philosophy behind the framework and give an honest analysis on the advantages and disadvantages of the framework.

About Daniel Hinojosa

Daniel is a programmer, consultant, instructor, speaker, and recent author. With over 20 years of experience, he does work for private, educational, and government institutions. He is also currently a speaker for No Fluff Just Stuff tour. Daniel loves JVM languages like Java, Groovy, and Scala; but also dabbles with non JVM languages like Haskell, Ruby, Python, LISP, C, C++. He is an avid Pomodoro Technique Practitioner and makes every attempt to learn a new programming language every year. For downtime, he enjoys reading, swimming, Legos, football, and barbecuing.

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