Hi Eric, > Is there some alternative to Play, such that we can migrate existing > Play projects to something that is Maven friendly?
Grails? http://grails.org/doc/latest/guide/commandLine.html#antAndMaven http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/play_vs_grails_smackdown_at Regards, Curtis On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Eric Kolotyluk <eric.koloty...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ouch, I was afraid someone would say something like that. > > Is there some alternative to Play, such that we can migrate existing Play > projects to something that is Maven friendly? > > Cheers, Eric > > > On 2014-12-04 5:31 AM, Martijn Verburg wrote: > >> Play *very* firmly wants you to use the activator framework to control >> your >> build and deploy - I'd seriously not try and fight against it. It's one >> of >> the reasons we dropped the Play framework for a community project we're >> working on, that and the constant breaking of APIs etc :-). >> >> Cheers, >> Martijn >> >> On 4 December 2014 at 12:58, Jeff Jensen <jeffjensen@ >> upstairstechnology.com> >> wrote: >> >> If you want to publish to Maven Central I recommend >>>> >>> https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/ >>> getting-started-apache-maven-video >>> >>> In case it helps, I've helped a few deploy to Central and recommend this >>> (and the other pages on the "Producers" menu); makes it very easy: >>> http://central.sonatype.org/pages/ossrh-guide.html >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Eric Kolotyluk <eric.koloty...@gmail.com >>> > >>> wrote: >>> >>> Ha ha ha. Very good :-) >>>> >>>> I have published to Maven Central, so I know how daunting this can be at >>>> first. >>>> >>>> If you want to publish to Maven Central I recommend >>>> https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/ >>>> getting-started-apache-maven-video >>>> >>>> Cheers, Eric >>>> >>>> On 12/3/2014 11:27 AM, Jon Pretty wrote: >>>> >>>> I can offer you this: >>>>> >>>>> http://play.textadventures.co.uk/Play.aspx?id=zv-wer8keey6rnhk4am25q >>>>> >>>>> It's a create-your-own-adventure about my experience of trying to >>>>> >>>> publish >>> >>>> a library to Maven Central. It's a couple of years old now, so the >>>>> landscape might have improved a little in patches. >>>>> >>>>> Jon >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 3 December 2014 at 19:11, Eric Kolotyluk <eric.koloty...@gmail.com >>>>> <mailto:eric.koloty...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone know of a good emotional support group for people >>>>> trying to use Maven with Typesafe projects such as Akka and Play? >>>>> >>>>> I was thinking maybe there could a buddy/sponsor system, such as >>>>> used in AA and other self help groups. Maybe there might be group >>>>> sessions where people can talk about their trauma, especially by >>>>> being constantly invalidated by comments such as "you should use >>>>> the simple build tool SBT, cause, well you know, it's simple and >>>>> easy to use." >>>>> >>>>> Seriously though, is there a community of people who are >>>>> successfully using Maven with Akka an Play projects? I would love >>>>> to meet you. >>>>> >>>>> I can see why people who have tried Maven naturally think "oh, >>>>> its' too complicated, anyone can write a simple build tool that >>>>> does what Maven does." Clearly they do not appreciate what Maven >>>>> is or what it does. SBT and Gradle are two great examples of >>>>> projects that attempted to do something more simple, but in the >>>>> end, really don't measure up. >>>>> >>>>> I personally think the Scala community would be been better served >>>>> if more investment was made in developing better Scala build tools >>>>> within the Maven framework. More and better plugins for Scala, >>>>> Akka, Play, etc. Better use of >>>>> >>>>> http://books.sonatype.com/mcookbook/reference/sect- >>>>> scala-script-inline.html >>>>> http://books.sonatype.com/mcookbook/reference/ch03s03.html >>>>> >>>>> I don't know if there is a Scala template for writing Maven >>>>> plugins (or mojos), but there should be. >>>>> >>>>> The more I use SBT, the less I like it. It is not what I consider >>>>> a serious build tool for build engineers, it is a toy or >>>>> playground for Scala hackers who thrive on the abstruse. Don't get >>>>> me wrong, I love Scala, but creating a build tool around .scala >>>>> files just invites the use of chicken tracks and obscure overly >>>>> concise cleverness that leads to one WTF experience after another. >>>>> /It is actually possible to write Scala code that you can reason >>>>> about,/ but it just as easy to write Scala code that resembles >>>>> APL, and reasoning about build engineering was clearly not a >>>>> priority with the designers of SBT. >>>>> >>>>> The Scala-IDE was a really great approach because it leveraged off >>>>> of an existing IDE infrastructure such as Eclipse, rather than >>>>> trying to write an IDE from scratch the way SBT does. I wish the >>>>> Scala/Typesafe community had taken the same approach with >>>>> >>>> build-tools. >>> >>>> - Eric >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>>>> Google >>>>> Groups "scala-debate" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>> send an email to scala-debate+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>>> <mailto:scala-debate+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Jon Pretty | @propensive >>>>> >>>>> >>>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >
