[Lift] Re: How much Scala knowledge is needed to start coding a simple blog with Lift?

2009-10-16 Thread Viktor Klang
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 4:41 PM, David Pollak feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 4:18 AM, Viktor Klang viktor.kl...@gmail.comwrote: I started Scala 2 years ago by reading the Lift code. so DPPs basically responsible for my Scala code... ;) So what you're saying

[Lift] Re: How much Scala knowledge is needed to start coding a simple blog with Lift?

2009-10-15 Thread Timothy Perrett
Hi there, Personally, when I came to Lift over 2 years ago I knew no scala what- so-ever. Knowing scala is a real bonus, but everyone has to start somewhere right? I would suggest just wading in, and see how you get on - there will be a learning curve but this is a very friendly group

[Lift] Re: How much Scala knowledge is needed to start coding a simple blog with Lift?

2009-10-15 Thread opyate
Hello, I bought the Scala book in PDF format (Odersky/Spoon/Venners) and pretty much jumped around it (benefit of PDF is the hyperlinks) for about a week. I am probably proficient with everything in chapters 1-18 which is still pretty much beginner/novice level, but I need the web/book before I

[Lift] Re: How much Scala knowledge is needed to start coding a simple blog with Lift?

2009-10-15 Thread Viktor Klang
I started Scala 2 years ago by reading the Lift code. so DPPs basically responsible for my Scala code... ;) On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:58 AM, opyate opy...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I bought the Scala book in PDF format (Odersky/Spoon/Venners) and pretty much jumped around it (benefit of PDF

[Lift] Re: How much Scala knowledge is needed to start coding a simple blog with Lift?

2009-10-15 Thread Timothy Perrett
+1 Although i've also learnt a lot from n8han's dispatch library - that thing is freaking immense. Cheers, Tim On 15 Oct 2009, at 12:18, Viktor Klang wrote: I started Scala 2 years ago by reading the Lift code. so DPPs basically responsible for my Scala code... ;)

[Lift] Re: How much Scala knowledge is needed to start coding a simple blog with Lift?

2009-10-15 Thread Peter Robinett
David's Beginning Scala book is fantastic: it's perfectly paced, gets straight to the point, and is written in a nice voice. Peter Robinett On Oct 15, 4:41 pm, David Pollak feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 4:18 AM, Viktor Klang viktor.kl...@gmail.comwrote: I

[Lift] Re: How much Scala knowledge is needed to start coding a simple blog with Lift?

2009-10-15 Thread David Pollak
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Peter Robinett pe...@bubblefoundry.comwrote: David's Beginning Scala book is fantastic: it's perfectly paced, gets straight to the point, and is written in a nice voice. Guess I owe you a beer for that promo :-) Peter Robinett On Oct 15, 4:41 pm, David

[Lift] Re: How much Scala knowledge is needed to start coding a simple blog with Lift?

2009-10-15 Thread Ross Mellgren
David, do you secretly work for a brewery somewhere? It seems like you either grant or receive beers on a regular basis ;-) -Ross On Oct 15, 2009, at 3:04 PM, David Pollak wrote: On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Peter Robinett pe...@bubblefoundry.com wrote: David's Beginning Scala

[Lift] Re: How much Scala knowledge is needed to start coding a simple blog with Lift?

2009-10-15 Thread David Pollak
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Ross Mellgren dri...@gmail.com wrote: David, do you secretly work for a brewery somewhere? It seems like you either grant or receive beers on a regular basis ;-) Nah... but it's a great currency, and always very liquid. ;-) -Ross On Oct 15, 2009, at

[Lift] Re: How much Scala knowledge is needed to start coding a simple blog with Lift?

2009-10-15 Thread Naftoli Gugenheim
Can you outline the feature set it should have? And what is your time frame? - ngocdaothanhngocdaoth...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have experience with Rails and Java. I'm new to Scala and Lift. I want to ask how much Scala knowledge is needed to start coding a

[Lift] Re: How much Scala knowledge is needed to start coding a simple blog with Lift?

2009-10-15 Thread Wilson MacGyver
Generally for people new to scala but with primary intention to explore lift, I suggest the following Get David Pollak's Beginning Scala book, read ch 1-5. (I still think it's a good idea to read ch 6 to know how actors work, but for using lift, you can put it in the back burner.) Then start on

[Lift] Re: How much Scala knowledge is needed to start coding a simple blog with Lift?

2009-10-15 Thread ngocdaothanh
Can you outline the feature set it should have? And what is your time frame? I study Lift in my free time, so basically there's no strict time frame. For a start, I would like to just study enough Scala to be able to use Lift, and just enough Lift to be able to create a simple blog as an