Getting started
Start ./activator in the current directory and, while in activator shell, execute reStart task, i.e.
$ ./activator
[akka-http-sandbox]> ~reStart
You should see the following logs:
[info] Application akka-http-sandbox not yet started
[info] Starting application akka-http-sandbox in the background ...
akka-http-sandbox Starting pl.japila.akka.http.Hello.main()
[success] Total time: 0 s, completed Feb 7, 2016 9:21:36 PM
1. Waiting for source changes... (press enter to interrupt)
akka-http-sandbox Hello, Akka-HTTP world!
Requests
http -v http://localhost:8080/actor Content-Type:application/json name=jacek