Lift in Action

Summary"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 TechnologyLift [...]
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Summary"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 TechnologyLift 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. Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.What's InsideComplete coverage of the Lift frameworkSecurity, maintainability, and performanceIntegration and scalingCovers Lift 2.xTable of ContentsPART 1 GETTING STARTEDIntroducing LiftHello LiftPART 2 APPLICATION TUTORIALThe auction applicationCustomers, auctions, and biddingShopping basket and checkoutPART 3 LIFT IN DETAILCommon tasks with Lift WebKitSiteMap and access controlHTTP in LiftAJAX, wiring, and CometPersistence with MapperPersistence with Record