WIP: Update getting started pages.

app/controllers/Application.scala

@@ -81,20 +81,9 @@ class Application @Inject()(
     MovedPermanently(routes.Application.gettingStarted.path)
   }
 
-  def gettingStarted = Action.async { implicit request =>
-    exampleProjectsService.cached() match {
-      case Some(cached) =>
-        val examples = toExamples(cached)
-        Future.successful {
-          Ok(html.gettingStarted(examples))
-        }
-      case None =>
-        exampleProjectsService.examples().map { live =>
-          val examples = toExamples(live)
-          Ok(html.gettingStarted(examples))
-        }
-    }
-  }
+  def gettingStarted = markdownAction("public/markdown/getting-started.md", { implicit request => markdown =>
+      views.html.markdownPage("Getting started", markdown)
+  })
 
   def allreleases(platform: Option[String] = None) = Action { implicit request =>
     val selectedPlatform = Platform(platform.orElse(request.headers.get("User-Agent")))

public/markdown/getting-started.md

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Getting started with Play framework
+
+## Learn whether Play Framework is right for your project
+
+- [What is play?](documentation/2.8.x/Introduction)
+
+## First time Play user?
+
+Check out the [getting started guide](documentation/2.8.x/Home) to install system dependencies and run a minimal 
+play application! This is the best place to start if you are new to Scala, Java or Play.
+
+## Already know a bit about Play? 
+
+[In the play-samples repository](https://github.com/playframework/play-samples) there are a variety of example 
+projects in both Java and Scala for a particular use case. These include everything you need, including sbt, Play
+Framework and 3rd part dependencies.
+
+If you have all [system requirements](documentation/2.8.x/Home) installed, and you are ready to start your own project 
+you can create a Play project from the command line. Go to you projects folder and run one of the following commands:
+
+### Java seed template
+
+```bash
+sbt new playframework/play-java-seed.g8
+```
+
+## Scala seed template
+
+```bash
+sbt new playframework/play-scala-seed.g8
+```
+
+For more information on setting up the seed project, [Check out the documentation](documentation/2.8.x/Home).
+
+## Community 
+
+[Check out our forum, Discord and Open Collective!](get-involved)
+
+## Contribute
+
+Play is a community run project, and we are always happy to have people contribute to the project! Play is hosted on 
+[Github](https://github.com/playframework), so, issues with Play or a problems with the documentation 
+can be reported [on the github issue tracker](https://github.com/playframework/playframework/issues).
+