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. 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.
What's Inside • Complete coverage of the Lift framework • Security, maintainability, and performance • Integration and scaling • Covers Lift 2.xTable of Contents 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
