And if it's a site why do you want web services? On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Naftoli Gugenheim <naftoli...@gmail.com> wrote: > If it's a site how will it know the phone number? > > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:44 PM, koveen <liep...@xs4all.nl> wrote: >> >> hi Naftoli, >> >> thanks for your interest. >> >> On Oct 5, 10:50 pm, Naftoli Gugenheim <naftoli...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Being a non-programmer, and additionally not having a Java background, >>> which framework are you comparing Lift to when you say it's not easy? >>> :) >> >> First I read a book about rails, explaining things from the start, I >> did watch quite a lot of nice video's on the web explaining some basic >> tricks with Rails. I think it is a system that is easy to start with >> but I became nervous about recurring issues about scaling, the >> integration of Rails and Merb and had the idea, maybe wrong, that it >> was a system too much in transition. >> >> I read part of the tutorial of Lift, installed it on my computer using >> Maven, but in a way I got lost. >> >> Then I partially read a book about Wicket. I like the system very >> much, especially one trick exited me: the Ajaxfallbacklink in which a >> link worked in a simple way when javasript is disabled , but at the >> same time has some Ajax functionality when Javascript is enabled on >> the users system. I liked this feature very much, but the integration >> with a database is not an integral part of the Wicket-system and can >> be acquired via a Wicket-Spring-Hibernate combination. This seemed too >> much for me to get into as a starter. >> >> That's how I came back to Lift. I need a stable database-connection. >> You need one when you hope that people will be paying some, even >> small, amount of money for your service. >> >>> Can you clarify: Is this going to be a site, or a back end to a mobile >>> app that sits on the phone? >> >> I just want to make a site >> >> But I hope it is clear I am not here to criticise anybody, it is just >> that often I feel this system is way over my head. Maybe that will >> change. >> >> thanks >> >> Ko >> >> >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 2:32 PM, koveen <liep...@xs4all.nl> wrote: >>> >>> > Hi, >>> >>> > Being a no-programmer and having no Java-background >>> > I'd like to have mentioned that Lift really isn't an easy framework. >>> > Having said that, I will try to read my way into this system and try >>> > to solve the problems I encounter. >>> >>> > I have one question. >>> >>> > I would like to establish a login method where a visitor of my site >>> > (to be) could be accepted as a valid user, based on the info the >>> > server receives when the visitor enters the site. >>> >>> > In my case it will be a site for mobile phones and some mobile phone >>> > operators will provide me with the telephone-number of the user once >>> > she enters. Once a user has paid for the service, this number alone >>> > should be enough to make the visitior into a valid user. Without >>> > needing to log in. >>> >>> > I have read the following on:http://demo.liftweb.net/ws >>> >>> > t's easy to "dispatch" incoming HTTP requests. >>> > In your "Boot" class create a PartialFunction >>> > that matches a pattern related to the incoming request and >>> > then create a short-lived controller to service the request. >>> >>> > This code matches all the requests to "/webservices/????" and >>> > assigns the stuff in '????' to the variable c. Then >>> > the code attempts to find a public method with that name on >>> > the controller. If the method exists, it's invoked and Lift >>> > processes the result. >>> >>> > I assume I will have to write my own public method and place it >>> > where??? in the direcory webservices.? >>> >>> > Maven didn't include such a directory in my project set-up, so I >>> > assume this "webservices" are on an external server and that I will >>> > have torefer to and extend an existing function. Am I correct in >>> > this? and is there an exemple of how to write such a method. >>> >>> > I would be really happy to make some progress, and any help is >>> > welcome. >>> >>> > Thanks, >>> >>> > Ko >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >
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