Deadbolt 2 is an authorization library for Play 2, and features APIs for both Java- and Scala-based applications. It allows you to apply constraints to controller actions, and to customize template rendering based on the current user. Here’s a short, Read more
Deadbolt 2 is an authorization library for Play 2, and features APIs for both Java- and Scala-based applications. It allows you to apply constraints to controller actions, and to customize template rendering based on the current user. Here’s a short, Read more
So, you’ve written a plugin for Play…are you sure it works? I’ve been giving Deadbolt some love recently, and as part of the work I’ve added a test application for functional testing. This is an application that uses all the Read more
After a fruitful weekend of coding (and DIY, but that’s not relevant to this), Deadbolt 2.3.2 has been released. The major change is that it’s available via Maven Central, so there’s no need to add a resolver for it. This Read more
In a previous post, I talked about how a projector failure at the 010DEV event resulted in the presentation using laptops, smartphones and tablets to display the slides. One of the problems here, as noted by speaker Trisha Gee, is Read more
If you’ve read any other entries on this blog, you’ll know that I’m an advocate of the Play! Framework. As of today, this has changed. My client is currently in the process of migrating their services to a federated collection Read more
I’ve just prepared a course on jQuery to give to my colleagues, and one of the sections covers jQuery’s AJAX features. To demonstrate these, I wrote a quick web app using Play 2. Since there have been a few questions Read more
Back in November, I spoke to Nicolas Leroux of the Play framework about creating a module repository. He agreed it would be a good idea, but lack of time has prevented me from starting this. Following the stormy events of Read more
There’s a very active discussion going on at the moment regarding Play 2 over the Google Group, and it’s really polarising opinion. A lot of people still seem to be under the impression that Play 2 is only a Scala Read more
In the first part of this tutorial, we looked at the bare basics for creating, publishing and calling a module. The module we created didn’t really do much, so now it’s time to look at expaning the functionality using some Read more