[ANN] Lift 1.0 is released

Congrats!

Is there a list of projects (commercial/open source) using Lift? Couldn't
find it in the Lift website/Wiki

-john

David Pollak-4 wrote:
>
> Two years ago, today, I
> launchedthe
> Lift Web Framework as an open source project. Wow... it's been a long
> and fun experience... and today the dozen plus Lift committers and the
> whole
> Lift community together are releasing Lift 1.0.
>
> Lift is an expressive elegant web framework based on the
> Scalaprogramming language and released under
> an an Apache 2.0 license. Lift
> provides developers the best way to build interactive, high performance
> web
> applications. Lift based applications are deployed as WAR files into J2EE
> containers such as Jetty, Tomcat, and WebLogic. Lift based applications
> are
> high performance and can make use of your existing Java libraries.
>
> I could wax on for hours about:
>
> - Lift's Comet and Ajax support which allows you to build real-time
> interactive applications
> - Lift's concise code allowing developer productivity normally
> associated
> with Rails and TurboGears
> - Lift's high performance and scalability
> - Lift's built-in support for REST and other web services
> - Lift's use of Scala's type-safety so your tests can focus on business
> logic
>
> But, that's not the most impressive thing about Lift. Lift is powered by
> a
> community of committers and users that cares about building tools for
> building great web apps. Lift is impressive because of the people who
> use,
> drive, enhance and exchange ideas about Lift. The Lift community is a
> warm,
> welcoming place for people of all backgrounds. The Lift community and
> Lift
> committers strive to learn from others and roll that learning into Lift
> and
> their own projects. That's my take on what makes Lift great, but let's
> hear
> what other have to say about Lift:
>
> The interest and excitement about Scala continues to grow. It's great to
> see Lift reaching the 1.0 milestone as this is a proof point for the
> maturity of Scala as a software platform.
> Martin Odersky , ACM Fellow, Father of
> Scala
>
>
> 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
>
>
> The slight added complexity of static typing is more than offset by the
> performance, scalability, and the benefits of type safety. Lift is
> maturing
> rapidly and has already proven itself many times over, and it will only
> get
> better.
>
> As much as I liked Ruby and Rails, I like Scala and Lift better. After
> more
> than two years of developing software in Ruby/Rails, we've shifted all our
> development efforts to Scala/Lift. And we are not looking back.
> Charles Munat, Lightsource Interactive
>
>
>
> Lift's excellent 'Comet made easy' philosophy made it an absolute
> no-brainer as the choice of framework for the Apache ESME project.
> Additionally, the fact that Lift-based applications run unchanged on the
> SAP's NetWeaver CE Java application server makes this an intriguing
> approach
> for enterprise applications in the SAP world.
> Darren Hague, SAP Mentor, ESME team lead
>
>
> When I decided to put Innovation Games ® online,
> I
> knew that I couldn't afford a massive development effort. I needed a
> small,
> sharp team who could leverage best-in-class tools to help us solve the
> problems we knew that we'd have to solve in creating a new kind of
> collaborative gaming experience on the web. David suggested Lift and Scala
> and initial testing proved that we could realize the developer efficiency
> and backend scalability that we felt was required to efficiently support
> thousands of simultaneous games. We're now very comfortable with Lift and
> Scala and are pleased with how the solution framework continues to evolve
> to
> meet our needs. While we've used lift to push the boundaries of
> interactive
> web design, I strongly recommend anyone who wants to build a compelling
> web
> experience using an elegant framework to consider using Lift.
> Luke Hohmann, CEO, Enthiosys
>
>
> If you're looking for a web framework on a strongly typed functional
> language and the JVM, Lift is the only game in town. Oh, and it just
> works,
> too.
> L.G. Meredith, Managing Partner, Biosimilarity LLC
>
>
> For me it's mainly because Lift represents collective web wisdom - all
> lessons learned and new to be discovered.
> Viktor Klang
>
>
> I find Lift a very solid piece of software very well designed and
> written.
> It is the result of many years of experience of many people. I believe in
> Lift's utility when developing not only compelling web applications but
> also
> other server side applications sitting on top of HTTP stack. I would
> choose
> Lift over any other web framework out there without blinking.
> Marius Danciu
>
>
> Lift is like a breath of fresh air: concise, elegant and robust - all on
> my
> existing Java infrastructure...
>
> Lift stands on the shoulders of giants, learns from their mistakes and
> adds
> a whole new dimension to web application development.
>
> Irrespective of the technology, what makes Lift really special is the
> community - well read, intelligent and welcoming.
> Tim Perrett
>
>
> Lift combines simplicity, flexibility and power better than any other web
> framework in my experience.
> Derek Chen-Becker
>
>
> Lift allows a single person to accomplish what would have previously
> taken
> an entire team.
> Tyler Weir
>
> You can get started with Lift or join the Lift
> community right now. But,
> it's time for me to thank a whole bunch of folks that led to Lift and keep
> Lift going:
>
> - The Lift committers who are a totally awesome group of folks that I'm
> honored to work with.
> - The Lift community as a whole.
> - Dani, Jon and Brion for doing the SmartMode thing back in 2000-2001.
> SmartMode inspired Lift.
> - Martin Odersky, Lex Spoon, Burak Emir, Philipp Haller and the other
> awesome people that build Scala and the Scala community.
> - Jamie and Jon who, along with Burak, taught me Scala.
> - The Scala community as a whole which is a great place.
> - Roger Rohrbach for the name Lift and the rest
> of
> the Gabblists for a lot of support and feedback.
> - Matthew and Walt for taking the first chance with Lift and helping me
> understand how to teach Scala.
> - Tim O'Reilly for raising
> awarenessabout
> Lift.
> - Luke Hohmann for betting Buy a
> Featureon me and Lift.
> - SteveJ, Jorge, and DavidB for being the early committers and the guys
> that turned Lift from my project into the community's project.
> - Aaron Williams for the putting Buy a Feature into SAP's Collaboration
> Workspace .
> - Lee Mighdoll for making repeated bets on me and Lift, not to mention
> crafting the phrase "expressive elegant web framework".
> - Kaliya who builds the best communities.
> - Jack, an awesome CEO, for reminding me what focused leadership means.
> - Darren and Dick for choosing Lift for ESME and for including me in
> the
> ESME project.
> - The whole ESME team for exposing 10,000+ SAP developers to a Lift
> application at three DemoJams.
> - Greg who keeps on asking me the hard questions that drive Lift in a
> more functional direction.
> - Debby who has been herding the Lift project towards 1.0.
> - My wife and father and kids who provide(d) the tools for taking the
> risks of thinking beyond the norm.
>
> Lift is 1.0. Lift is ready and able to power your interactive web
> applications. The Lift community is waiting to welcome you, your
> questions
> and your feedback. Please join us.
>
>
>