Tyler, Thanks, will do.
Choosing a good domain that isn't taken is one of the hardest parts of building a new web application for me, and seeing good domains being held onto without being used is particularly frustrating. I was disappointed to see that scalajobs.com was already taken, although it looks like the person who has registered it did so with the intent of making a job site with it and just hasn't. I can empathize with that - I've registered domains in the past and then not had enough time to finish the site or got bored of it. Feel free to point scala-jobs.com to it, if you'd like. - Spencer On Jul 6, 5:53 am, TylerWeir <[email protected]> wrote: > @spencer: > > Add a comment to this > thread:http://www.nabble.com/Scala-programmers-in-US--td24331451.html > > I registered scala-jobs.com (it appears someone is basically squating > on scalajobs.com) thinking that I would put together a job board as > well. > > If you don't mind, I'll point scala-jobs.com to your site. > > Ty > > On Jul 6, 5:17 am, Ellis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Nice. :) > > > On Jul 6, 6:36 am, Spencer Uresk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hey all, > > > > I hope this isn't considered spammy, but I wanted to send out a link > > > to a new website I built using Lift and share my experiences as a > > > Scala and Lift newbie. > > > > I've played around with Scala off and on for over a year now, and also > > > looked at Lift once or twice during that time. After going to David > > > Pollak's session at JavaOne about Lift, I decided to buckle down and > > > actually create something with Scala and Lift, as I usually learn new > > > things best by trying to create something useful. Looking around, I > > > noticed there weren't any Scala-specific job sites and thought it > > > might be nice to create one. > > > > Going into it, I was a little concerned about HTML being embedded in > > > Scala code, as the workflow (in both my day job and for my side work) > > > is typically a designer cutting HTML and handing it to me to > > > implement. I made sure my designer gave me valid XHTML and was > > > pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to make my HTML code work in > > > Lift. Even the user signup and login forms, which I got from the > > > Mapper library, were easy to override with my HTML. > > > > On the other hand, I sort of underestimated the time investment > > > required to get a simple site working. Lift really does require a good > > > understanding of Scala, and I found myself frustrated by stupid things > > > because of it. In the past, when learning Groovy and Ruby, I've used > > > their respective frameworks to learn the language itself, and I found > > > that didn't work quite as well with Lift. I'm not really complaining - > > > I know that the time invested will pay off handsomely in the future - > > > just making an observation. > > > > Really, I can't complain too much about the time it took to get up to > > > speed - I was able to get a functioning, albeit simple, site developed > > > in basically a long weekend, without having prior experience with Lift > > > outside of messing with the examples for a few minutes. Here is the > > > site I made: > > > >http://www.scalacareers.com/ > > > > Obviously it is pretty simple, but I hope it is useful. I have a bunch > > > of other features I want to add to it as I continue to learn Lift, but > > > if any of you have suggestions for me, please feel free to send them > > > on over. > > > > Thank you for creating such a useful framework and for being such a > > > friendly and helpful community - that really does make a big > > > difference when first approaching a new language and framework! > > > > - Spencer > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
