How to run a Play project in Eclipse

Question

hello I've been trying to find how to run a Java Play project in eclipse but I can't find an easy way. Here is what I've done

Create a project

play new testApp

Go to the folder

cd testApp

Eclipsify the project

play eclipsify

Open eclipse and import as an existing project, but then I don't know how to run the server from eclipse

NOTE: I know that I can run it in the console also. The problem is that I've added an Eclispe project to the buildpath using Eclipse so If I run it in the console I think it will not work, or am I wrong?

Answer 1

For Play 2.x.y, Activator is tool of choice

activator eclipse

or

./activator eclipse

to use project local activator copy (if exists)

Answer 2

Play eclipsify creates a run configuration for you.

Run --> Run Configurations --> Java Applications --> testApp

If you need to debug first run the application as indicated then

Run --> Debug Configurations --> Remote Java Applications --> Connect JPDA to testApp

Answer 3

I was trying "play eclipsify" but that wasn't working since it had changed to "play eclipse" and it works fine.

Answer 4

In newer versions of play, the command has changed to

play eclipse