chess fun fun with play framework
- Java: Java Jdk should be installed and appended to the environment variables "Path".
- Play Framework: Play is a Java web framework. Please install the classic distribution, extract to a desired location, and add this path to the environment variables "Path" as well.
- The project can be found on GitHub if you would like to run the latest version. Otherwise, the project zip uploaded to blackboard should work just fine.
- Open a Windows cmd command line, cd to the directory where the project is located.
- cd further into the directory structure so that we are in the PlayChess\PlayChess folder that contains subfolder such as app, conf, and public.
- Once in the desired folder, type play in the cmd command line. The play console will start up.
- Once the play console is running, type run in the play console and the server will start.
- Next, open a web browser; preferably FireFox or Google Chrome, and go to localhost:9000
- Have fun playing chess.