Compilation Issues for new views .scala.html to .class - scala

Question

I'm new to the Play framework. I attempted to compile my play framework project following a sample. When I compile the sample, it works fine and has the .scala.html view compiled in the target as .class. I added a new view, but it didn't compile into the target. Any suggestions how to fix this? I tried activator compile with command line, cleaning and re-building the project, building .scala.html individually, but none of the attempts worked. How do you add a new view and compile it in Play 2.4?
package controllers;
import models.Client;
import models.Server;
import models.TestEvent;
import models.TestPlan;
import play.data.Form;
import play.mvc.Controller;
import play.mvc.Result;
import views.formData.testFormData;
public class Application extends Controller {
// Default path request
// public Result index() {return ok(index.render("Your new application is ready."));}
/* Index Route Page
* Returns the page where the form is filled with the arguments passed
* Or an empty form if the id is 0
*/
public static Result getIndex(long id) {
testFormData testData;
// Find the corresponding index result to return (depends on the id)
if(id == 0)
testData = new testFormData();
else
testData = models.TestEvent.makeTestFormData(id);
Form<testFormData> formData = Form.form(testFormData.class).fill(testData);
return ok(index.render(formData,
Client.getClientNameList(),
Server.getServerNameList(),
TestPlan.getTestPlanNameList()));
}
// Process a form submission
// Bind HTTP Post data to an instance of testFormData
// If errors are found, re-render the page displaying the error data
// If errors are not found, re-render the page displaying good data
public static Result postIndex() {
// Retrieve the formData
Form<testFormData> formData = Form.form(testFormData.class).bindFromRequest();
// The retrieved formData has errors
if(formData.hasErrors()) {
return badRequest(index.render(formData,
Client.getClientNameList(),
Server.getServerNameList(),
TestPlan.getTestPlanNameList()));
}
// The formData does not have errors
else {
// Convert the form data into a testEvent Instance
TestEvent testEvent = TestEvent.makeTestEventInstance(formData.get());
return ok(index.render(formData,
Client.getClientNameList(),
Server.getServerNameList(),
TestPlan.getTestPlanNameList()));
}
}
}
Routes:
GET / controllers.Application.getIndex(id:Long ?= 0)
POST / controllers.Application.postIndex()
# Map static resources from the /public folder to the /assets URL path
GET /assets/*file controllers.Assets.versioned(path="/public", file: Asset)

Answer 1

If the server isn't running while you're coding, changes won't be compiled. You can remedy this by turning on the continuous compilation feature, with compilation occurring every time a change is written to the file system.
To do this:
Start activator
Use ~compile
The ~ indicates changes should be compiled immediately.
You can do something similar with the server. By using ~run, changes will be compiled immediately on file system changes and not delayed until the browser is refreshed.