Recommendations for new project; wait for Play 2.9 or go with current 2.8 and Akka?

[Knitter]

Hi,

I'm going to start using Play to develop some integration services/apps and in one particular application I'll be using SSE. Given the expected 2.9 released, Scala 3, Akka to be replaced (will it?), etc., would you recommend waiting for Play 2.9 or starting now with the latest version and upgrade/migrate later?

I'll be using Scala but I'm really new to it, and also kind in doubt about how easy it will be to move from Scala 2 to Scala 3.

I appreciate any suggestions you may have, though I understand this is less of a Q&A and more of an opinion based issue.

Thank you.

[Squeng]

I would wait for Play 2.9 and directly start with Scala 3.

In the meantime, since you're new to Scala (welcome!), you could gain more experience with Scala 3 by studying

• https://horstmann.com/scala/index.html or
• https://www.fcpbook.org/ (highly recommended, even for non-Scala programmers)
  (And take advantage of https://www.informit.com/promotions/back-to-learning-sale-save-50-on-books-ebooks-and-video-142520)

I hope this helps!

PS: https://www.manning.com/books/functional-programming-in-scala-second-edition is also great so far, but I'm not done with it yet, which is why I haven't added it to my list yet.

[mkurz]

Play 2.9 release candidate is now available, so no need to wait for anything anymore 😉 https://github.com/playframework/playframework/releases/tag/2.9.0-RC2

[Squeng]

Thanks a lot, @mkurz! I'm looking forward to giving it (as well as Java 21) a try soon.

[Knitter]

Thank you all for your answers, couldn't reply earlier, but I've already been looking for those books and will move my POC/demo to Play2.9 ASAP :)

[mkurz]

@Knitter Play 2.9 and 3.0 have been released now: https://twitter.com/playframework/status/1721576472047911007

[Knitter]

@mkurz yep, already looking at it. Going for Play 3.0. Thanks.