Congratulations everyone - to my fellow committers: kudos, you all
rock!
On Feb 26, 9:00 pm, Meredith Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
> David,
> i think i can speak for all concerned: very many thanks for the focus,
> energy and do-what-it-takes-to-get-it-done-ness you've brought to bear on
> this project!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> --greg
>
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:28 PM, David Pollak <
>
>
>
> [email protected]> wrote:
> > Two years ago, today, I
> > launched<http://blog.lostlake.org/index.php?/archives/43-Announcing-the-lift-w...>the
> > Lift Web Framework as an open source project. Wow... it's been a long
> > and fun experience... and today the dozen plus Lift committers and the whole
> > Lift community together are releasing Lift 1.0.
>
> > Lift is an expressive elegant web framework based on the
> > Scala<http://scala-lang.org/>programming language and released under an an
> > Apache 2.0 license. Lift
> > provides developers the best way to build interactive, high performance web
> > applications. Lift based applications are deployed as WAR files into J2EE
> > containers such as Jetty, Tomcat, and WebLogic. Lift based applications are
> > high performance and can make use of your existing Java libraries.
>
> > I could wax on for hours about:
>
> > - Lift's Comet and Ajax support which allows you to build real-time
> > interactive applications
> > - Lift's concise code allowing developer productivity normally
> > associated with Rails and TurboGears
> > - Lift's high performance and scalability
> > - Lift's built-in support for REST and other web services
> > - Lift's use of Scala's type-safety so your tests can focus on business
> > logic
>
> > But, that's not the most impressive thing about Lift. Lift is powered by a
> > community of committers and users that cares about building tools for
> > building great web apps. Lift is impressive because of the people who use,
> > drive, enhance and exchange ideas about Lift. The Lift community is a warm,
> > welcoming place for people of all backgrounds. The Lift community and Lift
> > committers strive to learn from others and roll that learning into Lift and
> > their own projects. That's my take on what makes Lift great, but let's hear
> > what other have to say about Lift:
>
> > The interest and excitement about Scala continues to grow. It's great to
> > see Lift reaching the 1.0 milestone as this is a proof point for the
> > maturity of Scala as a software platform.
> > Martin Odersky <http://lamp.epfl.ch/%7Eodersky/>, ACM Fellow, Father of
> > Scala
>
> > 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<http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ag-lift/#author>,
> > Developer, eBay
>
> > The slight added complexity of static typing is more than offset by the
> > performance, scalability, and the benefits of type safety. Lift is maturing
> > rapidly and has already proven itself many times over, and it will only get
> > better.
>
> > As much as I liked Ruby and Rails, I like Scala and Lift better. After more
> > than two years of developing software in Ruby/Rails, we've shifted all our
> > development efforts to Scala/Lift. And we are not looking back.
> > Charles Munat, Lightsource Interactive<http://lightsourceinteractive.com/>
>
> > Lift's excellent 'Comet made easy' philosophy made it an absolute
> > no-brainer as the choice of framework for the Apache ESME project.
> > Additionally, the fact that Lift-based applications run unchanged on the
> > SAP's NetWeaver CE Java application server makes this an intriguing approach
> > for enterprise applications in the SAP world.
> > Darren Hague, SAP Mentor, ESME <http://blog.esme.us/> team lead
>
> > When I decided to put Innovation Games <http://buyafeature.com/>® online,
> > I knew that I couldn't afford a massive development effort. I needed a
> > small, sharp team who could leverage best-in-class tools to help us solve
> > the problems we knew that we'd have to solve in creating a new kind of
> > collaborative gaming experience on the web. David suggested Lift and Scala
> > and initial testing proved that we could realize the developer efficiency
> > and backend scalability that we felt was required to efficiently support
> > thousands of simultaneous games. We're now very comfortable with Lift and
> > Scala and are pleased with how the solution framework continues to evolve to
> > meet our needs. While we've used lift to push the boundaries of interactive
> > web design, I strongly recommend anyone who wants to build a compelling web
> > experience using an elegant framework to consider using Lift.
> > Luke Hohmann, CEO, Enthiosys <http://enthiosys.com/>
>
> > If you're looking for a web framework on a strongly typed functional
> > language and the JVM, Lift is the only game in town. Oh, and it just works,
> > too.
> > L.G. Meredith, Managing Partner, Biosimilarity LLC
>
> > For me it's mainly because Lift represents collective web wisdom - all
> > lessons learned and new to be discovered.
> > Viktor Klang
>
> > I find Lift a very solid piece of software very well designed and written.
> > It is the result of many years of experience of many people. I believe in
> > Lift's utility when developing not only compelling web applications but also
> > other server side applications sitting on top of HTTP stack. I would choose
> > Lift over any other web framework out there without blinking.
> > Marius Danciu
>
> > Lift is like a breath of fresh air: concise, elegant and robust - all on
> > my existing Java infrastructure...
>
> > Lift stands on the shoulders of giants, learns from their mistakes and adds
> > a whole new dimension to web application development.
>
> > Irrespective of the technology, what makes Lift really special is the
> > community - well read, intelligent and welcoming.
> > Tim Perrett
>
> > Lift combines simplicity, flexibility and power better than any other web
> > framework in my experience.
> > Derek Chen-Becker
>
> > Lift allows a single person to accomplish what would have previously taken
> > an entire team.
> > Tyler Weir
>
> > You can get started with Lift <http://liftweb.net/> or join the Lift
> > community <http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en> right now. But,
> > it's time for me to thank a whole bunch of folks that led to Lift and keep
> > Lift going:
>
> > - The Lift committers who are a totally awesome group of folks that I'm
> > honored to work with.
> > - The Lift community as a whole.
> > - Dani, Jon and Brion for doing the SmartMode thing back in 2000-2001.
> > SmartMode inspired Lift.
> > - Martin Odersky, Lex Spoon, Burak Emir, Philipp Haller and the other
> > awesome people that build Scala and the Scala community.
> > - Jamie and Jon who, along with Burak, taught me Scala.
> > - The Scala community as a whole which is a great place.
> > - Roger Rohrbach <http://ecstatic.com/> for the name Lift and the rest
> > of the Gabblists for a lot of support and feedback.
> > - Matthew and Walt for taking the first chance with Lift and helping me
> > understand how to teach Scala.
> > - Tim O'Reilly for raising
> > awareness<http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/05/liftscala-for-w.html>about
> > Lift.
> > - Luke Hohmann <http://enthiosys.com/> for betting Buy a
> > Feature<http://buyafeature.com/>on me and Lift.
> > - SteveJ, Jorge, and DavidB for being the early committers and the guys
> > that turned Lift from my project into the community's project.
> > - Aaron Williams for the putting Buy a Feature into SAP's Collaboration
> > Workspace <https://cw.sdn.sap.com/index.jspa>.
> > - Lee Mighdoll for making repeated bets on me and Lift, not to mention
> > crafting the phrase "expressive elegant web framework".
> > - Kaliya who builds the best communities.
> > - Jack, an awesome CEO, for reminding me what focused leadership means.
> > - Darren and Dick for choosing Lift for ESME and for including me in
> > the ESME project.
> > - The whole ESME team for exposing 10,000+ SAP developers to a Lift
> > application at three DemoJams.
> > - Greg who keeps on asking me the hard questions that drive Lift in a
> > more functional direction.
> > - Debby who has been herding the Lift project towards 1.0.
> > - My wife and father and kids who provide(d) the tools for taking the
> > risks of thinking beyond the norm.
>
> > Lift is 1.0. Lift is ready and able to power your interactive web
> > applications. The Lift community is waiting to welcome you, your questions
> > and your feedback. Please join us.
>
> > --
> > Lift, the simply functional web frameworkhttp://liftweb.net
> > Beginning Scalahttp://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890
> > Follow me:http://twitter.com/dpp
> > Git some:http://github.com/dpp
>
> --
> L.G. Meredith
> Managing Partner
> Biosimilarity LLC
> 806 55th St NE
> Seattle, WA 98105
>
> +1 206.650.3740
>
> http://biosimilarity.blogspot.com
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