On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Jim Barrows <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Chris Lewis <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> My head just exploded. Twice. >> > > That explains the wet face this morning when I woke up... thought it was > the dog licking it... :) > > >> >> ngocdaothanh wrote: >> > Because Lift's ad is so good. >> >> *boom* >> > > It was good. My first thought was "Yeah.... > rIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!" Let's see what they mean..... > And voila... here I am.. so it was good, if only because it was right :) > > >> >> For example: >> > >> > "Lift is the only new framework in the last four years to offer fresh >> > and innovative approaches to web development. It's not just some >> > incremental improvements over the status quo, it redefines the state >> > of the art. If you are a web developer, you should learn Lift. Even if >> > you don't wind up using it everyday, it will change the way you >> > approach web applications." >> > >> > Lift can't be used without Scala. Is there a plan to implement Lift in >> > Clojure, for example? :D >> > I've thought about it and even done some initial poking around with Clojure. It could be done, but I really like static typing so don't want to spend a lot of time in Clojure's unityped land. > >> *BOOM* >> > > Ummm.. ok.. This one I understand. > > >> >> > >> > >> > On Oct 22, 3:47 pm, TylerWeir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Oct 22, 2:02 am, ngocdaothanh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> jlist9, >> >>> This is a Lift group, but I have to say I feel the same about Scala. >> >>> I had to ask for advice here: >> http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb/browse_thread/thread/a588f997a... >> >>> Scala may help me to get my work done for the day. But I don't feel >> >>> happy with Scala. Scala makes me feel I'm a slave all the day to >> >>> machines (or Scala itself!). >> >> If it makes you feel like a slave, why are you using Scala at all >> >> then? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Oct 22, 2:13 pm, jlist9 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> override def validations = validPriority _ :: super.validations >> >>>> This is a more of a comment about Scala than one about Lift - this >> does >> >>>> look cryptic to me. And this is just one of the simpler syntax that >> confuses >> >>>> people, who are new to the language. And I'm one of them. >> >>>> I understand that you don't have to learn all the tricks/syntax to >> start >> >>>> coding in Scala but you do have to understand it when you read >> >>>> source code of libraries written by someone with much more advanced >> >>>> language skills. >> >>>> In David's book he says "After more than two years of coding Scala, >> ... >> >>>> My brain has finally stopped hurting." This sounds like a very high >> >>>> barrier to entry. >> >>>> I'm just wondering why Scala has to be so complicated. I'm sure a lot >> >>>> of things in Scala have their reasons but at the mean time I also >> >>>> suspect that many of the odd things are there to reduce >> >>>> typing, which is advertised as one of the advantages of this language >> - >> >>>> conciseness. (I could be very wrong due to my lack of understanding.) >> >>>> If the latter is true, I feel that I'd rather type a little more to >> make the >> >>>> code easier to read. >> >>>> Just feeling a little frustrated learning Scala. I think it's much >> >>>> easier learning >> >>>> Java. Not much surprise. Not sure if anyone shares my experience >> >>>> (and opinion, if there is one.) >> >>>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Randinn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>> http://localhost3000.de/2009/10/a-quick-glance-at-lift/ >> >>>>> The site above is a blog post from a Rails developer, he had some >> good >> >>>>> and bad things to say about Lift and since I do not know enough to >> >>>>> debate with him I thought I'd post it here. >> > >> > > >> > >> >> >> > > > -- > James A Barrows > > > > > > -- Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp Surf the harmonics --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
