Reactive REST on Play2 & ReactiveMongo

A quick tutorial focused on building a quick Reactive application with Play2 Framework that features a REST API backed by the asynchronous ReactiveMongo driver. Tutorial and sources available at https://github.com/47deg/bbcdzREST

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1. REST Services with
   Play2 Scala & ReactiveMongo
   

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2. Who am I?
   @raulraja
   47deg.com
   raulraja.com
   Scala, Java, Objective-C
   

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3. MAIN TOOLS TO BUILD THIS APP
   

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4. App frameworks are like hipsters, always
   looking for the next cool thing.
   There is a new kid on the block...
   REACTIVE APPS
   Only one thing is better than reactive apps.
   Monkey beard JORGE!
   

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5. Let’s get started
   

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6. Create the APP
   

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7. Run it!
   

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9. Play uses conf/routes to map http requests to controller actions
   

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10. Play projects are SBT projects, here we add the dependencies
    

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11. Play plugins are registered in conf/play.plugins
    

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12. In conf/application.conf we add things like DB settings
    

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13. In DEV mode you can see the configured routes on a bogus URL
    

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14. Controllers implement the actions
    

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15. Let’s build it!
    If you did not attend the session a full tutorial is here
    https://github.com/47deg/bbcdzREST
    

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