Play based folder structure is as follows :
app → Application sources
└ assets → Compiled asset sources
└ stylesheets → Typically LESS CSS sources
└ javascripts → Typically CoffeeScript sources
└ controllers → Application controllers
└ models → Application business layer
└ views → Templates
build.sbt → Application build script
conf → Configurations files and other non-compiled resources (on classpath)
└ application.conf → Main configuration file
└ routes → Routes definition
dist → Arbitrary files to be included in your projects distribution
public → Public assets
└ stylesheets → CSS files
└ javascripts → Javascript files
└ images → Image files
project → sbt configuration files
└ build.properties → Marker for sbt project
└ plugins.sbt → sbt plugins including the declaration for Play itself
lib → Unmanaged libraries dependencies
logs → Logs folder
└ application.log → Default log file
target → Generated stuff
└ resolution-cache → Info about dependencies
└ scala-2.11
└ api → Generated API docs
└ classes → Compiled class files
└ routes → Sources generated from routes
└ twirl → Sources generated from templates
└ universal → Application packaging
└ web → Compiled web assets
test → source folder for unit or functional tests
and scala based project folder structure is:
src/
main/
resources/
<files to include in main jar here>
scala/
<main Scala sources>
java/
<main Java sources>
test/
resources
<files to include in test jar here>
scala/
<test Scala sources>
java/
<test Java sources>
Reference: https://www.playframework.com/documentation/2.5.x/Anatomy and
http://www.scala-sbt.org/0.13/docs/Directories.html
