On a commercial note, this is the 6th Scala-related book and the 5th one to be published this year.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: TylerWeir <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 8:53 AM Subject: [scala-user] [ANN] Exploring Lift: a Book for the Scala-based Web Framework To: [email protected] Derek, Marius and I are happy to announce: Exploring Lift: Scala-based Web Framework http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430224215 Lift is an exciting new framework that leverages the Scala programming language to offer an innovative approach to creating web applications. Lift provides enormous flexibility and functionality while keeping your code simple. Exploring Lift is brought to you by Derek Chen-Becker, Marius Danciu, and Tyler Weir, three committers on the Lift project. The book not only covers the fundamentals of building a comprehensive Lift-based application, but contains multiple chapters on advanced functionality such as AJAX, Comet and custom URL rewriting. Extensive code samples are given throughout the book to demonstrate practical application, and a complete demo app is built from the ground up to reinforce the information presented. What you'll learn * How to get a basic Lift application up and running quickly using Maven's archetypes * How to generate and process forms, including file uploads * How to use the SiteMap framework to provide a custom site menu and programmatic access control to your application's pages * Database access using Lift's Mapper framework as well as how to integrate the Java Persistence Architecture * How to use custom URL rewriting and request dispatch to easily provide user-friendly URLs and powerful servlet-like functionality * How to easily internationalized (I18N) your application * And much more! Who this book is for? Anyone interested in getting the most out of their web applications and who appreciates the power and flexibility of the Scala programming language. A basic understanding of Scala is assumed, so if you're not familiar with it we would suggest reading David Pollak's excellent book, Beginning Scala, http://apress.com/book/view/1430219890 . Reviews Lift was created by David Pollak, an industry veteran who has repeatedly pushed the boundaries of what is possible with programming. Here is what people are saying about Lift: "Lift is the only new framework in the last four years to offer fresh and innovative approaches to web development. It's not just some incremental improvements over the status quo, it redefines the state of the art. If you are a web developer, you should learn Lift. Even if you don't wind up using it everyday, it will change the way you approach web applications." —Michael Galpin, Developer, eBay "Lift is an expressive and elegant framework for writing web applications. Lift stresses the importance of security, maintainability, scalability and performance, while allowing for high levels of developer productivity." —Lee Mighdoll, CTO, Digiting, Inc. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-ANN---Exploring-Lift%3A-a-Book-for-the-Scala-based-Web-Framework-tp22663004p22663004.html Sent from the Scala - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp Git some: http://github.com/dpp
