Chapter 3. The auction application
This chapter covers
- Auction application requirements
- Segmenting XHTML templates
- Defining data models and validation with Mapper
- Scaffolding with CRUDify
In order to firmly root your understanding of Lift in the real world, we’ll create a full-blown auction application. This part of the book will walk you through the first part of building this application, which, among other things, includes a basic AJAX shopping cart, several real-time components, and a checkout via PayPal. As we go through each chapter, adding new elements of functionality, you’ll learn about many of Lift’s features.
The first two sections in this chapter present an overview of the application you’ll be constructing. This includes ...
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