Less module
This module allows you to use LESS stylesheets in your Play application, without having to manually compile them to CSS. It is inspired by the sass plugin that does a similar thing for sass.
Usage
Add the less module to your application.conf:
module.less=${play.path}/modules/less
Now any file in your public/ directory that ends in .less is automatically processed by the plugin, and outputted as CSS.
Example
Create a file called public/stylesheets/style.less, with contents:
@color: red;
h1 {
color: @color;
}
Now, add the stylesheet to your main template in app/views/main.html:
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="@{'public/stylesheets/style.less'}" />
Notes
Currently, there is no server-side caching in the plugin. In production mode, the plugin sets the cache-control header to the value specified by http.cacheControl in your application.conf
In case of an error in your less file, the error will be shown on your page to help you debug.