Play! is a next-generation Java Web framework without compromises: it brings all the agility and productivity of frameworks based on dynamic languages that Java had never been able to benefit from. Unlike many Java frameworks that are merely attempts to hide overly complex technologies such as JSF or EJB, Play! tackles Web development problems with Java in a completely innovative way and definitively breaks away from the proven non-viable practices of the JEE world.
Created by Web developers for Web developers, Play! offers a very high productivity environment thanks to a hyper-optimized development cycle with no compilation phase and no deployment phase. All this combined with error reports of unprecedented perfection, even going so far as to propose a solution to the problem. By relying completely on the Java language, it allows you to take advantage of the richness of its ecosystem as well as its most modern development and optimization tools.
Guillaume is the lead developer of the Play! framework project and co-founder and CTO of Zenexity, a consulting firm specialized in pure web architectures. After starting his career in a large IT services company, he joined the ECOO team at INRIA, contributed to several renowned open source projects, and joined Zenexity where he leads consulting missions in IT system transformation for prestigious companies.
Habib, co-founder and CEO of Zenexity, is among the French architects who introduced strong concepts such as the "integrability coefficient" of applications. With over 7 years at the Central IT Department of AXA, more than 3 years at the IT Strategy Department of Societe Generale, and 5 years in the executive committee and Technical Department of a large IT services company, he now leads major IT system urbanization and transformation projects towards the WEB. He hosts several seminars within the prestigious Capgemini Institute.
