This was just what I needed to push me over the edge. Actually I was there already and the biggest two reasons were a compiled, functional language and Lift's comet support. Thanks for the quick responses everybody, and David, I will keep in mind what you said about developers. I am on the verge of getting funding.
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 1:18 PM, David Pollak <[email protected] > wrote: > Jack, > I started doing Rails in 2004. At the time, there was one Rails book and a > few Ruby books. There had been a few RubyConf conferences and SD Forum had > the first Ruby & Rails conference in Silicon Valley. Ruby was mid-pack in > the second set of the Tiobe index. > > By those metrics, Lift and Scala are about 4-5 years behind Ruby and Rails. > > From an operational standpoint, Scala and Lift are light-years ahead of > where Ruby/Rails was in 2004... in fact, managing moderate to high traffic > Scala/Lift sites is much easier than Ruby/Rails/Mongrel is today. Because > Lift and Scala can take advantage of every Java library, there is similar > richness in the quantity and quality of external libraries. > > Two year ago, Scala was virtually unknown. At JavaOne this year, Scala and > Lift books were 3 of the top 10 best sellers at the JavaOne bookstore. Most > Scala and Lift talks were standing room only. > > As with every new technology, there are adoption risks, but I think Scala > "crossed the chasm" this year at JavaOne and is entering the early > mainstream phase. Companies including Twitter, LinkedIn, SAP, OfficeDepot, > etc. all have Scala in production. > > I can put you in touch with a dozen high quality Lift/Scala developers... > folks who are currently making their living with Java/Ruby/Obj-C, but would > rather do Scala and Lift coding. If you've got funding, I can find you good > Scala & Lift developers. > > Thanks, > > David > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 7:45 AM, jack <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I am doing a startup company that involves both a lot of processing on >> the backend (in the code) and a decent amount of comet/ajax in the >> frontend.It is very important that the code quickly on the server. I >> have seen the light with respect to Scala and Lift looks terrific. My >> only concern is how new it is and the availability of resources >> (programmers, books etc). >> >> I really do want to use Lift instead of Rails. Could somebody please >> convince me? :) >> >> >> > > > -- > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
