Practice WOD: HelloMe

Prior to starting this WOD, you should have studied the Play tutorial and read the first three chapters of the Play for Java book as noted in the Resources section of this module.

Instructions

1. Start your timer.
2. Create a default Play application called HelloMe.
3. Generate the Eclipse project files using the Play console.
4. Open this project in Eclipse, and edit the source code so that the resulting web application generates a page containing only the words “Hello, Me!”. The title of the page should also be “Hello, Me!”

Your application should present the following page:

When finished, stop your timer, and record how many minutes it took you to complete the WOD.

Rx: <3 min Av: 3-5 min Sd: 5-7 min DNF: 7+ min

Demonstration

Once you’ve finished doing the WOD a single time, watch me do it:

Standard WOD Caveats

You’ll learn significantly less from watching me solve the WOD if you haven’t attempted the WOD yourself first.

While it’s an achievement to finish the WOD no matter how long it takes, you might experience “diminishing returns” if you work longer than the DNF time. Thus, it might be strategic to stop working at the DNF time and watch my solution.

After watching my solution, I recommend that you repeat the WOD if you have not achieved at least Av performance. If so, be sure to:

• Delete your old project so you cannot refer to it;
• Don’t look at my screencast while you WOD; and
• Reset your timer.

Feel free to keep trying until you make Rx if that’s of interest to you.