Great! That's Cool stuff! On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:28 AM, David Pollak <[email protected] > wrote:
> Two years ago, today, I > launched<http://blog.lostlake.org/index.php?/archives/43-Announcing-the-lift-web-framework-version-0.1.0.html>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/~odersky/>, 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 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 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
