Ellis, Im afraid I disagree with you - Eric does not state what type of "eComerce" application he wants to create... IMO, this is very subjective. Lift ships out of the box with PayPal integration - one could say that a site which allows a user to pay via paypal is eCommerce... would you disagree?
If Eric takes on advice from the Lift Book and perhaps a learning scala book like DPP's, then asks lift related questions on here when he needs specific help im sure he'll be fine... everyone has to start somewhere and saying Lift is only appropriate for hardcore programmers because its a new framework is wrong IMHO. Eric, good luck to you - the lift community is a great place to start your programming endeavors; you probably have a slightly steeper learning curve than most, but provided you have grit and determination there is nothing to say you will not reach your goals. Think positive. Cheers, Tim On Jul 6, 10:13 am, Ellis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Eric, > > Here are a few comments and suggestions. > > - Honestly, I don't think that lift and scala are the right places for > you to start out. The systems are very powerful, but relatively new, > and so they are still geared towards more experienced programmers. > - You'll need more than a month to become comfortable with an entirely > new programming environment. > - The java toolset can be confusing. Try NetBeans; it's easier to > understand than Eclipse. > - An e-commerce program would take years to get right, but if that's > what inspires you, you might want to focus on just small parts of such > a program instead. > > Cheers, > Ellis > > On Jul 6, 5:13 am, eric cs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi guys, > > > I saw some posts on Scala website about helping newcomers and I was > > wondering if some of you would be kind enough to help me out to start > > with Scala/Lift. > > My main problem is I am not a programmer yet but I really really want > > to be, I've been studying Ruby/Rails, Php/Zend/Symfony,Mvc,Design > > Patterns,Uml,Sql and some Java. I read some books but I don't get my > > head to think like a programer. > > I really like OO,Design Patterns, Uml but I don't know how to apply > > that to a full application, how to link everything together, > > classes,objects(books about that?Not about those items but how to put > > everything together)...I know a lot of the theory and concepts but no > > practice. > > I have all july available to learn that 12 hours a day or more if > > necessary I just need a push, someone to teach/help me out. > > What's more, I saw a post saying that I could learn Scala from scratch > > without learning Java, it's possible, not so much with Groovy. If it's > > not what parts of Java do I need to know, in case some of you tell me > > learn Java first(the easy answer).Do I need a lot of experience in > > Java to jump in in Scala? I know it helps but I would like to finish > > my first e-commerce in august, 100% opensource in Scala if possible. > > > P.s:I did 2 years of Computer Science C++ and 2 years of Civil > > Engineering over 12 years ago both unfinished. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
