Hi Ken, I can't speak for David or any of the other committers, but it sounds like you could contribute to fleshing out Record.
Peter Robinett On Jul 22, 9:38 am, Ken Egervari <ken.egerv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi David! > > I definitely agree with you. I am not working on any projects right now, > although I work on enterprise web applications and database work > specifically. I'd be interested in working on a modern orm for scala, or a > dsl for for the ORM, or both. That would be totally fun... like really > making it easy and powerful and to help build that killer app for Scala that > will propel it forward. Based on what I'm hearing, Lift is a big part of > that killer app, so I want to help. > > I am new to Scala, so part of my reasoning is to learn scala and build > useful things and just iterate until it's awesome. I also love building > frameworks and libraries - a lot more than building the applications that > use though, although I've been highly responsible for both in my life. In > the java world, I'm a very capable architect. I don't think it'll take me > long to learn the best practices, and new features of Scala - my mind is > already churning with glee at the possibilities ;) I'm so excited! > > I haven't had a chance to look deeply into Lift yet other than running the > same hello world app and look at some brief code. > > I did read that Lift's DSL for persistence was in its early stages, so if > that's the case, I'd LOVE to help on that front bring it up to speed. > > I'd also love to get into the nitty-gritty of persistence work, like > redesign a persistence engine specifically for scala - something that's > really native and natural from the ground up. > > I'm open to anything though, as any type of enterprise framework like these > I will end up using in my everyday work. I want to make the transition to > Scala now, so I am an expert/master by the time it's very used. And I have > to say, I'm having a lot more fun in Scala than I ever did in Java. > > What are your thoughts David? > > Ken > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 8:14 PM, David Pollak <feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com > > > > > wrote: > > Thanks for the offer to contribute. > > > My experience is that the best written and best maintained code comes from > > people who need the code for their job or long term project. > > > So... what are you working on? What do you need that's not provided? How > > can the Lift community help you integrate that into Lift? > > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 4:28 PM, egervari <ken.egerv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Hi Everyone, > > >> What type of libraries would you like to see implement in Scala that > >> are currently not available - like something that is written for Scala > >> specifically to take advantage of the common idioms and natural style > >> of the language. > > >> What big features are missing in Lift? > > >> I'd like to contribute to Scala/Lift in some way, so I'm just > >> searching for ideas and there's a project "to be" that I really take a > >> liking to, I'd like to work on it and build it. > > > -- > > Lift, the simply functional web frameworkhttp://liftweb.net > > Beginning Scalahttp://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > > Follow me:http://twitter.com/dpp > > Git some:http://github.com/dpp > > -- > Work In Progress - > "Dreaming":http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/443421/Ken_Egervari_-_Dreaming.mp3 > > My Original Music:http://www.soundclick.com/KenEgervari > My Humorous Speeches:http://www.youtube.com/user/egervari > My > Facebook:http://www.new.facebook.com/profile.php?id=716270499/profile.php?id=7... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
