This is the companion code repository for the Modern Web Development with Scala book published by Leanpub.
The application built using denisftw/play-scala-web-starter.g8 Giter8 template marks the initial state of a model application that is used throughout the book for demonstrating different aspects of Web development. In particular the book illustrates the following:
- Querying remote services with the
WSClient - Using MacWire for injecting dependencies
- Using ScalikeJDBC for accessing PostgreSQL
- Integrating Play with React and Webpack
- Working with JSON and using Play Forms API
- Using Akka Actors
- Using HTTP filters and action composition in Play
- Testing with ScalaTest and ScalaMock
The code uses Play 2.8 and Scala 2.13 along with sbt 1.4.