What conditions the existent Mapper does not currently satisfy in terms of "builds the objects and persists them to a DB"? ... build Mapper objects from query strings?
Br's, Marius On Jul 9, 3:13 pm, Raphael <erzengelr...@googlemail.com> wrote: > So there is no framework like ActiveRecord in Rails that both builds > the objects and persists them to a DB? > > On 9 Jul., 10:27, "marius d." <marius.dan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > You can also use REST + Record .... Please see > > here:http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb/browse_thread/thread/b125f9d4e... > > > It is a mechanism for automatically building Record objects from REST > > query string params. Hence Lift already puts the data in a single > > encapsulated context where you can apply validation etc. But Record > > framework is not yet hooked up with DB so you'd still may want to use > > Mapper framework. > > > Br's, > > Marius > > > On Jul 9, 11:11 am, Timothy Perrett <timo...@getintheloop.eu> wrote: > > > > Lift is perfect for these kind of REST abstractions... its what I do > > > almost exclusively and I find Lift makes this process very smooth. > > > > My advice would be to go for a JSON api - nice and lightweight for > > > streaming to an iPhone. > > > > Cheers, Tim > > > > On Jul 9, 1:43 am, Raphael <erzengelr...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hey, > > > > > I'd like to build a simple web service that makes conference schedules > > > > and session data accessible to an iPhone client. The data is supposed > > > > to be stored in a MySQL db on the server. So at the moment, I am not > > > > planning on creating any form of web app / web site for that. However, > > > > that would be one of the next steps also. > > > > > I just have looked at Lift briefly. Is it a good idea to use Lift for > > > > just that web service if there's no web site? Considering that buiding > > > > a web site to access the data also soon, would you suggest going > > > > straight to Lift? > > > > > Best regards > > > > Raphael --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
