Chapter 4. An enterprise app, Play-style

In this chapter, we’ll review what an enterprise application is. We’ll then explain what challenges enterprise applications face today. We’ll also see how the Play framework can be used to create enterprise applications. From there, we’ll architect the warehouse application we’re going to implement throughout the book and put the application in an enterprise context.

4.1. Recalling what an enterprise application is

An enterprise application is usually a business application. Its purpose is to meet specific business requirements. It encodes business policies, processes, rules, and entities; is developed in a business organization; and is deployed in a manner responsive to business needs.

4.2. Determining today’s enterprise application challenges

4.3. Understanding Play’s application in an enterprise context

4.4. Defining our warehouse enterprise application

4.5. Summary