Book description
SummaryLift 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. This book is written for developers who are new to both Scala and Lift.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 this Book 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. This book is written for developers who are new to both Scala and Lift and covers just enough Scala to get you started. What's Inside
Complete coverage of the Lift framework
Security, maintainability, and performance
Integration and scaling
Covers Lift 2.x
PART 1 GETTING STARTED
Introducing Lift
Hello Lift
PART 2 APPLICATION TUTORIAL
The auction application
Customers, auctions, and bidding
Shopping basket and checkout
PART 3 LIFT IN DETAIL
Common tasks with Lift WebKit
SiteMap and access control
HTTP in Lift
AJAX, wiring, and Comet
Persistence with Mapper
Persistence with Record
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Brief Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About this Book
- About the Author
- About the Cover Illustration
- Part 1. Getting started
- Chapter 1. Introducing Lift
- Chapter 2. Hello Lift
- Part 2. Application tutorial
- Chapter 3. The auction application
- Chapter 4. Customers, auctions, and bidding
- Chapter 5. Shopping basket and checkout
- Part 3. Lift in detail
- Chapter 6. Common tasks with Lift WebKit
- Chapter 7. SiteMap and access control
- Chapter 8. HTTP in Lift
- Chapter 9. AJAX, wiring, and Comet
- Chapter 10. Persistence with Mapper
- Chapter 11. Persistence with Record
- Chapter 12. Localization
- Chapter 13. Distributed messaging and Java enterprise integration
- Chapter 14. Application testing
- Chapter 15. Deployment and scaling
- Appendix A. Introduction to Scala
- Appendix B. Configuring an IDE
- Appendix C. Options and boxes
- Index
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Listings
Product information
- Title: Lift in Action: The Simply Functional Web Framework for Scala
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2011
- Publisher(s): Manning Publications
- ISBN: 9781935182801
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