On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 8:45 AM, jack jack.wid...@gmail.com wrote:
I really do want to use Lift instead of Rails. Could somebody please
convince me? :)
I used to struggle with Rails (and to a lesser extent Merb) because it was
difficult to do things that weren't the Rails Way. Lift does have
Looks like you don't need to be convinced :) ... Scala with its
features + Java compatibility + Lift's rich set of features +
performance of Scala Lift makes it a no brainer. Enumerating all the
pros of Scala and Lift would just take way to long.
The list of Scala books and the Lift book are
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
Jack,
For my money Rails is somewhat more mature than lift, but lift is on a
trajectory to overtake Rails feature-wise and is certainly already there
performance-wise. The real issue, to me, is Scala vs Ruby. Quite apart from
being more slightly more performant and equally expressive, the real
Thanks Derek for the quick and helpful response. I am going to go with
Lift.
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Derek Williams de...@nebvin.ca wrote:
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 8:45 AM, jack jack.wid...@gmail.com wrote:
I really do want to use Lift instead of Rails. Could somebody please
Thanks Marius. I agree its a no brainer. Just wanted some independent
confirmation!.
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 1:08 PM, marius d. marius.dan...@gmail.com wrote:
Looks like you don't need to be convinced :) ... Scala with its
features + Java compatibility + Lift's rich set of features +
