[Lift] Re: Lift for a backend REST Server

2009-11-09 Thread Alex Black
Thanks for the info guys - going to go ahead with Lift! On Nov 9, 5:51 pm, Timothy Perrett wrote: > This is why Lift usually wins out in my decision making - its just a   > very well rounded tool and yes, its great for these kinds of task. I   > would also like to point out that if you wanted to

[Lift] Re: Lift for a backend REST Server

2009-11-09 Thread Timothy Perrett
This is why Lift usually wins out in my decision making - its just a very well rounded tool and yes, its great for these kinds of task. I would also like to point out that if you wanted to mix Akka and Lift for the best of both worlds, then you can do that too. Rock on. Cheers, Tim On 9 N

[Lift] Re: Lift for a backend REST Server

2009-11-09 Thread Wilson MacGyver
there are several advantages. 1: you get to leverage type safety and the excellent XML support of Scala, and lift-json. 2: assuming it's not a "open for all" public REST server, you'd have to deal with security/auth. Lift will help here. 3: In the past, every time I've done a backend REST serve