In my previous post, I described an approach for binding data from uploaded files into entity instances. One important part was left out from this post – validation. Since the play framework supports JPA as a persistence mechanism out of Read more
One of the most useful tools in my collection is the objectify-led library – http://www.objectify.be/objectify-led/ (full disclosure: I wrote it). It allows you to annotate fields in your classes with @Property and then bind information to them automatically. It also Read more
I needed to add content to the war directory/file that play generates via the “play war” command. The content varied from files added to the top level of the war (alongside WEB-INF) to customising WEB-INF/web.xml. Checking the core documentation, no Read more
I’m currently developing a play app that, according to the corporate policy, needs to be built by a Bamboo server and then deployed. Sounds easy, right? Wrong. The Bamboo server is running on Solaris, play requires python and getting python Read more
A while back, I posted an article that discussed a mechanism for customising the client-side i18n mechanism in the play framework. I received a comment on that article earlier that reinforced some issues I had with this approach. In retrospect, Read more
Template tags in the play! framework are a simple, powerful way to share functionality between different pages. They have all the groovy goodness of regular templates, and you can pass variables into them easily. But, as always, there’s always a Read more
Another day, another post about play!… When you extend from play.mvc.Controller, you have access to various render methods. One of these is renderBinary(), which allows you to send binary data (captchas, images, etc) to the browser. renderBinary() is overloaded, and Read more
If you have a couple of play! apps that have a common domain model, the easiest way to share that model is to put it into a module. play new-module my-shared-model generates an empty module in the current directory. Put Read more
The Play! Framework has been rocking my world recently – the speed of development is just mind-blowing! If you haven’t tried it out yet, and you develop web applications, it is definitely something to check out! One issue that has Read more
Summer is almost here, the days are long and my good lady wife and I have decided to sell our house here in England and move over to Belgium (my wife is Belgian) for the rest of our lives. Some Read more