November 2011
Beginner to intermediate
424 pages
14h 31m
English
Overview
Lift in Action is a step-by-step exploration of the Lift framework. It moves through the subject quickly using carefully crafted, well-explained examples that make you comfortable from the start. You'll follow an entertaining Travel Auction application that covers the core concepts and shows up architectural and development strategies. Handy appendixes offer a Scala crash course and guidance for setting up a good coding environment.
About the Technology
Lift is a Scala-based web framework designed for extremely interactive and engaging web applications. It's highly scalable, production-ready, and will run in any servlet container. And Lift's convention-over-configuration approach lets you avoid needless work.
About the Book
What's Inside
- Complete coverage of the Lift framework
- Security, maintainability, and performance
- Integration and scaling
- Covers Lift 2.x
About the Reader
This book is written for developers who are new to both Scala and Lift and covers just enough Scala to get you started.
About the Author
Timothy Perrett is a member of the Lift core team and a Scala developer specializing in integration and automation systems for both manufacturing and marketing workflows.
Quotes
The best guide for building secure, scalable, and real-time web applications using Scala and Lift.
- Guillaume Belrose, Quantel Ltd
Rejoice, would-be Lift programmers,...finally an approachable resource to turn to.
- Ted Neward, Neward & Associates
If you're building web apps with Lift, you need this book.
- John C. Tyler, PROS Pricing
Great reference book for Lift and Scala!
- Tom Jensen, Chocolate Sprocket
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