The Definitive Guide to Lift

Lift is a Scala based Web application framework. It takes Scala out of academia and puts it in the real world, making Scala quite pragmatic as this functional programming language continues to grow. This book offers the ideal introduction to Lift.

The Definitive Guide to Lift will educate you about Lift, a great framework for building compelling web applications. Lift is designed to make powerful techniques easily accessible, while keeping the overall framework simple and flexible. Lift makes it fun to develop because it lets you focus on the interesting parts of coding.

By the end of this book, you'll be able to create and extend any web application you can think of.

The Definitive Guide to Lift will educate you about Lift, is a great framework for building compelling web applications. Lift is designed to make powerful techniques easily accessible, while keeping the overall framework simple and flexible. Lift makes it fun to develop because it lets you focus on the interesting parts of coding.

Autorentext
Marius Danciu spent the past 6 years architecting, designing, and leading development of highly scalable server-side applications based on J(2)EE platforms. Most applications were based on the data synchronization techniques (which in turn were based on the SyncML OMA standard) and adjacent technologies. For more than a year, Marius has been a committer to the LiftWeb framework, contributing to the design and implementation of various features in the framework.

Inhalt
I The Basics. 1 Welcome to Lift!. 2 A Brief Tour of Maven. 3 Demo Application: PocketChange. 4 Lift Fundamentals. 5 Forms in Lift. 6 SiteMap. 7 The Mapper and Record Frameworks. II Advanced Topics. 8 Advanced Lift Architecture. 9 Lift and JavaScript. 10 AJAX and COMET. 11 JPA Integration. 12 Using Scala Actors. 13 Third Party Integrations. 14 Tagging Support. 15 Lift Widgets. 16 Web Services. III Appendices. A Message Handling. B Helper Methods. C Internationalization. D Logging in Lift. E Sending Email. F Development Tips. G Deployment Notes and Tips. H Code Listings.