Play framework 2.0 continuous integration setup

Question

I am looking for ideas for a Play 2.0 continuous integration setup. It would contain typical jobs like build after a git push, nightly builds with deployment to a test Heroku in

Answer 1

You actually don't even need to use the SBT Plugin. I am running Play 2.1.1 on Jenkins and simply use the Execute Shell. I run something like the following:

cd ./your-play-project-root
play clean compile test stage
exit

This works quite well. "play" is simply just a thin wrapper around sbt.

"stage" will create a runnable in your target/server directory. Then, you can simply shell again to actually start your play application!