[ANN] Exploring Lift: a Book for the Scala-based Web Framework

Rock and Roll!
I am blown away at the effort you guys put into the book and the resulting quality.  Reading it, I learned some things about Lift.

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 8:53 AM, TylerWeir <tyler.weir@gmail.com> wrote:

Derek, Marius and I are happy to announce:

Exploring Lift: Scala-based Web Framework

http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430224215

Lift is an exciting new framework that leverages the Scala programming
language to offer an innovative approach to creating web applications.
Lift provides enormous flexibility and functionality while keeping
your code simple.

Exploring Lift is brought to you by Derek Chen-Becker, Marius Danciu,
and Tyler Weir, three committers on the Lift project. The book not
only covers the fundamentals of building a comprehensive Lift-based
application, but contains multiple chapters on advanced functionality
such as AJAX, Comet and custom URL rewriting. Extensive code samples
are given throughout the book to demonstrate practical application,
and a complete demo app is built from the ground up to reinforce the
information presented.
What you'll learn

   * How to get a basic Lift application up and running quickly using
Maven's archetypes
   * How to generate and process forms, including file uploads
   * How to use the SiteMap framework to provide a custom site menu
and programmatic access control to your application's pages
   * Database access using Lift's Mapper framework as well as how to
integrate the Java Persistence Architecture
   * How to use custom URL rewriting and request dispatch to easily
provide user-friendly URLs and powerful servlet-like functionality
   * How to easily internationalized (I18N) your application
   * And much more!

Who this book is for?

Anyone interested in getting the most out of their web applications
and who appreciates the power and flexibility of the Scala programming
language. A basic understanding of Scala is assumed, so if you're not
familiar with it we would suggest reading David Pollak's excellent
book, Beginning Scala, http://apress.com/book/view/1430219890 .

Reviews

Lift was created by David Pollak, an industry veteran who has
repeatedly pushed the boundaries of what is possible with programming.
Here is what people are saying about Lift:

   "Lift is the only new framework in the last four years to offer
fresh and innovative approaches to web development. It's not just some
incremental improvements over the status quo, it redefines the state
of the art. If you are a web developer, you should learn Lift. Even if
you don't wind up using it everyday, it will change the way you
approach web applications."

—Michael Galpin, Developer, eBay

   "Lift is an expressive and elegant framework for writing web
applications. Lift stresses the importance of security,
maintainability, scalability and performance, while allowing for high
levels of developer productivity."

—Lee Mighdoll, CTO, Digiting, Inc.
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Just Great!!!!
Stealing from David's email I read just now, we are a "Rock'n'Rolling" community.

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 5:53 PM, TylerWeir <tyler.weir@gmail.com> wrote:

Derek, Marius and I are happy to announce:

Exploring Lift: Scala-based Web Framework

http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430224215

Lift is an exciting new framework that leverages the Scala programming
language to offer an innovative approach to creating web applications.
Lift provides enormous flexibility and functionality while keeping
your code simple.

Exploring Lift is brought to you by Derek Chen-Becker, Marius Danciu,
and Tyler Weir, three committers on the Lift project. The book not
only covers the fundamentals of building a comprehensive Lift-based
application, but contains multiple chapters on advanced functionality
such as AJAX, Comet and custom URL rewriting. Extensive code samples
are given throughout the book to demonstrate practical application,
and a complete demo app is built from the ground up to reinforce the
information presented.
What you'll learn

   * How to get a basic Lift application up and running quickly using
Maven's archetypes
   * How to generate and process forms, including file uploads
   * How to use the SiteMap framework to provide a custom site menu
and programmatic access control to your application's pages
   * Database access using Lift's Mapper framework as well as how to
integrate the Java Persistence Architecture
   * How to use custom URL rewriting and request dispatch to easily
provide user-friendly URLs and powerful servlet-like functionality
   * How to easily internationalized (I18N) your application
   * And much more!

Who this book is for?

Anyone interested in getting the most out of their web applications
and who appreciates the power and flexibility of the Scala programming
language. A basic understanding of Scala is assumed, so if you're not
familiar with it we would suggest reading David Pollak's excellent
book, Beginning Scala, http://apress.com/book/view/1430219890 .

Reviews

Lift was created by David Pollak, an industry veteran who has
repeatedly pushed the boundaries of what is possible with programming.
Here is what people are saying about Lift:

   "Lift is the only new framework in the last four years to offer
fresh and innovative approaches to web development. It's not just some
incremental improvements over the status quo, it redefines the state
of the art. If you are a web developer, you should learn Lift. Even if
you don't wind up using it everyday, it will change the way you
approach web applications."

—Michael Galpin, Developer, eBay

   "Lift is an expressive and elegant framework for writing web
applications. Lift stresses the importance of security,
maintainability, scalability and performance, while allowing for high
levels of developer productivity."

—Lee Mighdoll, CTO, Digiting, Inc.
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That's awesome. I just finished reading through the "Getting Started"
section on the Lift webpage yesterday, complete with code examples and
everything, and when I got done I thought, "I still don't get it".
I'll be buying the e-version of the book today.

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Christos KK Loverdos
wrote:
> Just Great!!!!
> Stealing from David's email I read just now, we are a "Rock'n'Rolling"
> community.
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 5:53 PM, TylerWeir wrote:
>>
>> Derek, Marius and I are happy to announce:
>>
>> Exploring Lift: Scala-based Web Framework
>>
>> http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430224215
>>
>> Lift is an exciting new framework that leverages the Scala programming
>> language to offer an innovative approach to creating web applications.
>> Lift provides enormous flexibility and functionality while keeping
>> your code simple.
>>
>> Exploring Lift is brought to you by Derek Chen-Becker, Marius Danciu,
>> and Tyler Weir, three committers on the Lift project. The book not
>> only covers the fundamentals of building a comprehensive Lift-based
>> application, but contains multiple chapters on advanced functionality
>> such as AJAX, Comet and custom URL rewriting. Extensive code samples
>> are given throughout the book to demonstrate practical application,
>> and a complete demo app is built from the ground up to reinforce the
>> information presented.
>> What you'll learn
>>
>>    * How to get a basic Lift application up and running quickly using
>> Maven's archetypes
>>    * How to generate and process forms, including file uploads
>>    * How to use the SiteMap framework to provide a custom site menu
>> and programmatic access control to your application's pages
>>    * Database access using Lift's Mapper framework as well as how to
>> integrate the Java Persistence Architecture
>>    * How to use custom URL rewriting and request dispatch to easily
>> provide user-friendly URLs and powerful servlet-like functionality
>>    * How to easily internationalized (I18N) your application
>>    * And much more!
>>
>> Who this book is for?
>>
>> Anyone interested in getting the most out of their web applications
>> and who appreciates the power and flexibility of the Scala programming
>> language. A basic understanding of Scala is assumed, so if you're not
>> familiar with it we would suggest reading David Pollak's excellent
>> book, Beginning Scala, http://apress.com/book/view/1430219890 .
>>
>> Reviews
>>
>> Lift was created by David Pollak, an industry veteran who has
>> repeatedly pushed the boundaries of what is possible with programming.
>> Here is what people are saying about Lift:
>>
>>    "Lift is the only new framework in the last four years to offer
>> fresh and innovative approaches to web development. It's not just some
>> incremental improvements over the status quo, it redefines the state
>> of the art. If you are a web developer, you should learn Lift. Even if
>> you don't wind up using it everyday, it will change the way you
>> approach web applications."
>>
>> —Michael Galpin, Developer, eBay
>>
>>    "Lift is an expressive and elegant framework for writing web
>> applications. Lift stresses the importance of security,
>> maintainability, scalability and performance, while allowing for high
>> levels of developer productivity."
>>
>> —Lee Mighdoll, CTO, Digiting, Inc.
>> --
>> View this message in context:
>> http://www.nabble.com/-ANN---Exploring-Lift%3A-a-Book-for-the-Scala-base...
>> Sent from the Scala - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>>
>
>
>
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> (*)/ (*)      http://ckkloverdos.com
>

Garrett Rowe-2 wrote:
>
> I'll be buying the e-version of the book today.
>

Me too, or, more precisely, I'll be buying it whenever APress actually lets
people purchase the e-book. The publication date says April, but until
then will the book be available as beta?

Dave Griffith wrote:
>
>
>
> Garrett Rowe-2 wrote:
>>
>> I'll be buying the e-version of the book today.
>>
>
> Me too, or, more precisely, I'll be buying it whenever APress actually
> lets people purchase the e-book. The publication date says April, but
> until then will the book be available as beta?
>

I'll post again when I know dates. Thanks for the patience.

On Monday March 23 2009, David Pollak wrote:
> ... Reading it, I learned some things about Lift.

This should be one of the quotes at !

RRS

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Randall R Schulz <rschulz@sonic.net> wrote:

On Monday March 23 2009, David Pollak wrote:
> ...  Reading it, I learned some things about Lift.

This should be one of the quotes at <http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430224215>!

Once I get the foreward done, I'm sure there'll be a lot of quotable stuff.
For now, I've gotta get Chapter 8, Draft 2 of Beginning Scala done and turned around so we can kill some trees by JavaOne. 

RRS

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Guys,

I'm expecting a signed copy... ;)

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 7:24 PM, TylerWeir <tyler.weir@gmail.com> wrote:

Dave  Griffith wrote:
>
>
>
> Garrett Rowe-2 wrote:
>>
>> I'll be buying the e-version of the book today.
>>
>
> Me too, or, more precisely, I'll be buying it whenever APress actually
> lets people purchase the e-book.   The publication date says April, but
> until then will the book be available as beta?
>

I'll post again when I know dates.  Thanks for the patience.
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