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tip · MAY 13 · 2013

How to spend less time waiting for Play! Framework to compile while coding

A colleague just pointed this cool tip out to me:

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aloha-editor · MAY 08 · 2013

How to Edit Messages in the Browser While Developing Play! Framework Templates

As a followup to my recent experiments to inline editing of content blocks while developing Play! Framework templates, I decided to focus on Messages this week.  Messages are basically Resource Bundles with Texts to be used...

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aloha-editor · MAY 03 · 2013

Wysiwyg Editing of Play! Framework Templates with the Aloha Editor

Ok, so it is only partial editing, but still this is an interesting step in the “no CMS” direction. What I have done is modified the example code which I posted on github last week for...

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aloha-editor · APR 26 · 2013

How to integrate the Aloha Wysiwyg Editor with Play! Framework

UPDATE: code checked in on github: https://github.com/poornerd/play-aloha

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crud · APR 19 · 2013

CRUD for Play! Framework 2

Update: yes, those are questions interspersed in the article… please answer in the comments! One of the main things I missed from Play 1.x is the CRUD Module. After reading posts on the forum about that...

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cloudbees · APR 08 · 2013

How deploy Play! Framework Apps with different configurations to Cloudbees

Have you ever wanted to deploy the same Application with multiple configurations to Cloudbees, without changing your environment variables each time while using the command line?

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cloudbees · MAR 27 · 2013

How to quickly start a Play! Framework Project and Deploy it in the Cloud

Jumpstart your Play! Framework 2.1 Java project, by checking out my project scaffold from GitHub: https://github.com/poornerd/playstartjava

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howto · MAR 05 · 2013

How to switch back and forth between Play! Framework Versions

When I first read about the Play Version Manager I first thought it was some sort of tool for versioning.

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esxi · MAR 01 · 2013

Our Energy Saving Server Farm

Ok, so 3 VMWare ESXi Servers running 20-30 Virtual Machines only slightly qualifies as a “Server Farm”, but we will be saving a ton of electricity (sorry Stadtwerke München ) at SiteForce.

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instagram · FEB 10 · 2013

Authenticating an Play! Framework Application via Oauth2 and Instagram using Secure Social

In an ongoing quest to make sure that I can easily start a Play! Framework 2.0 project and connect with another popular Social Website via their API, I have just created an Instagram Provider for the...

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