And of course Beginning Scala is BS :-) On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Meredith Gregory <[email protected]>wrote:
> Jorge, > > i was going to express a similar sentiment. There are lots of available > options. > > - PinS > - PrinS > - PrinSc > > Best wishes, > > --greg > > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Jorge Ortiz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Aside: I think the preferred abbreviation for Programming in Scala is >> PinS, not PiS. >> >> Just fyi, >> >> --j >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Timothy Perrett >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> My advice, if your generally / vaugly familiar with Scala from reading >>> PiS >>> (that truly is a very unfortunate acronym!) just dive into making a lift >>> app, then go from there. >>> >>> One of the best things about Lift is the community - if you have >>> questions, >>> chances are its either already in the group archive from one of our many >>> debates, or in the lift book, or if not, just ask on the mailing list and >>> someone will no doubt help you right quick! >>> >>> Good luck! >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> >>> On 03/04/2009 23:01, "Charles F. Munat" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > >>> > I'd suggest that you start working in Lift, then when you encounter >>> > something that doesn't make sense to you, refer to the PiS book >>> > (unfortunate acronym). It helps if you have the PDF version because you >>> > can search. The index is OK, but often insufficient. >>> > >>> > This is the approach I used to get started, though eventually I went >>> > back and read most of the book sequentially (I still have a couple of >>> > chapters to go). Take a look also at DPP's book and the online Lift >>> > book, both easily searchable. >>> > >>> > If you want to jump ahead in the book, I'd recommend the following: >>> > >>> > 15: Case Classes and Pattern Matching >>> > 16: Working with Lists >>> > 23: For Expressions Revisited >>> > >>> > Lists, for expressions, case classes, and pattern matching are used >>> *all >>> > over the place* in Lift. You can't be too familiar with these. >>> > >>> > Then maybe: >>> > >>> > 19: Type Parameterization >>> > 21: Implicit Conversions and Parameters >>> > >>> > You don't need to understand those thoroughly, but having some >>> > familiarity with them will help with debugging and understanding what >>> > the heck is going on. >>> > >>> > If you have time, you could also read the following to fill in a few >>> gaps: >>> > >>> > 22: Implementing Lists >>> > 26: Working with XML >>> > >>> > And if you're going to use Comet, you should probably read: >>> > >>> > 30: Actors and Concurrency >>> > >>> > But again, you can dive in and then reference these chapters as >>> necessary. >>> > >>> > Chas. >>> > >>> > lmorroni wrote: >>> >> Hi, >>> >> I am a Java programmer that is interested in learning Lift. I have >>> >> just finished the first six chapters of Programming in Scala. I >>> >> wonder what people's opinions are on how much of this book I need to >>> >> read before diving into Lift. I attempted to dive into Lift without >>> >> reading anything on Scala and that worked great until I wanted to >>> >> start reviewing the Lift libraries :) >>> >> Maybe there are some chapters in this book that I can skip? I think >>> >> the book is really well written and I have followed everything so >>> >> far. I just would rather get rolling on Lift sooner rather than >>> >> later. >>> >> Larry >>> >> >>> >>> >>> > >>> > > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > L.G. Meredith > Managing Partner > Biosimilarity LLC > 1219 83rd St NW > Seattle, WA 98117 > > +1 206.650.3740 > > http://biosimilarity.blogspot.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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
