Well, Play’s architecture is RESTful by default. At its core, Play is based on the Model-View-Controller pattern. Each entry point, paired with an HTTP verb, maps to a Controller function. The controller enables views to be web pages, JSON, XML, or just about anything else.
Play’s stateless architecture enables horizontal scaling, ideal for serving many incoming requests without having to share resources (such as a session) between them. It is at the forefront of the Reactive programming trend, in which servers are event-based and parallel processing is used to cater to the ever-increasing demands of modern websites.
In certain configurations, Play enables fully asynchronous and non-blocking I/O throughout the entire ...
