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Typesafe Activator is a browser-based or command-line tool that helps developers get started with the Typesafe Reactive Platform.

Typesafe is a GUI/CLI tool to helpwith building reactive applicaions. It uses sbt (simple (or scala) build tool)behind the scenes to build, run, and test your project. It provides a code editing interface, and provides templaes and seeds for you to clone. The seeds can be found here

Typesafe Activator is open source: https://github.com/typesafehub/activator
Learn more: http://typesafe.com/activator

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How to find out which Play version I'm using?

Kinda silly question, but I used Activator to get started with the play framework, and now need to see what version I'm using. 2.3 came out with support for docker, but when I put dockerExposedPorts in Docker := Seq(9000, 9443) in my build.sbt, it…
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UnsupportedClassVersionError on running play application with JDK 1.7

Just now started learning Play framework for my project requirement and my project only build on JDK 1.7 so I have downloaded Play 2.3.9 version and created a sample project by typing activator new. Then moved into the sample project directory and…
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How to debug Play application using activator?

I know that for the classic Play framework it's play debug ~run. I tried running activator debug ~run but I get the following error: [error] Not a valid command: debug (similar: idea) [error] Not a valid project ID: debug [error] Expected ':' (if…
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Playframework vs Typesafe Activator - What is the main difference

I have read lot of articles about typesafe activator, including recent Reactive manifesto, but I am still not clear between major difference between typesafe activator and Playframework. Can anyone who have used both summarize it for me? BTW - I am…
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Activator `.sbt.ivy.lock` is not available

I am trying to generate Eclipse and IDEA projects for a play project using activator. When I tried doing this, it does a little, but then it hangs at: Waiting for lock on C:\Users\James\.ivy2\.sbt.ivy.lock to be available... At first I thought my…
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Where is sbt inside Typesafe Activator?

I am trying out the Play Framework 2.3.2 using the offline installation with Typesafe Activator 1.2.3. Every piece of documentation tells me that it's using sbt under the covers to build and run projects. Where is this sbt located/installed? Is it…
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Play Framework 2.4 and IntelliJ Idea

I am trying to open a play 2.4 project in IntelliJ but since things have changed I don't know how to do this. In previous versions I could just run activator idea Or use the activator UI and click on generate intelliJ project, but in 2.4 the idea…
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How to set heap size in play/activator?

I get a "java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space" when running activator. I would like to set the heap to unlimited size. I read somewhere else that I need to change SBT_OPTS or _JAVA_OPTION somehow like this: export SBT_OPTS="-Xmx2G…
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How to run Play Framework 2.x in debug mode in IntelliJ IDEA?

I want to run Play Framework 2.x in debug mode in IntelliJ IDEA. I searched in the Internet and all results say that you have to use play console. Is it possible to run in debug mode in IntelliJ IDEA without using play console?
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How to force Typesafe Activator to listen 0.0.0.0:8888

I recently installed Typesafe Activator to a VM. Applications created by activator can be accessed after port forwarding, but Activator seems to listen localhost. How to change this to WAN?
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How to change the http port for play framework 2.5.9

How to change the default port from 9000 to 9001 in Play 2.5.9? Tried following steps Changed http.port = 9001 in application.conf Tried the steps mentioned in this post [a link] How to change the http port for play framework 2.4.1? But this…
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Why does the build fail with unresolved dependency: com.typesafe.sbt#sbt-native-packager;0.7.4?

According to Typesafe Activator, I am using sbt launcher version 0.13.5. I get the following error when attempting to run ./activator run on code that I've inherited, which works on another machine. [warn] module not found:…
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Play Framework REST with basic authentication and SSL

I am new to this authentication area. I searched a lot but was not able to find a way to authenticate the REST calls made to the Play server. What are the various ways and best practice?
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What are activator and activator-launch-1.2.10.jar files in a new project with playframework2.0?

I am currently doing the official playframework tutorial : https://www.playframework.com/documentation/2.3.x/Tutorials. The tutorial recommends to use activator tool by Typesafe. I don't understand why I get another activator file when I create a…
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Why does "activator eclipse" yield "Not a valid project ID: eclipse" in a new project?

I just created a new project using activator new, and am now trying to eclipsify it using activator eclipse. But I am facing an issue: D:\work\firebase>activator eclipse [info] Loading project definition from D:\work\firebase\project [info] Set…
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