Damn. We said some cool things about Lift. Best part: it's all true.
Happy birthday, Lift! Chas. David Pollak wrote: > Two years ago, today, I launched > <http://blog.lostlake.org/index.php?/archives/43-Announcing-the-lift-web-framework-version-0.1.0.html> > > the Lift Web Framework as an open source project. Wow... it's been a > long and fun experience... and today the dozen plus Lift committers and > the whole Lift community together are releasing Lift 1.0. > > Lift is an expressive elegant web framework based on the Scala > <http://scala-lang.org/> programming language and released under an an > Apache 2.0 license. Lift provides developers the best way to build > interactive, high performance web applications. Lift based applications > are deployed as WAR files into J2EE containers such as Jetty, Tomcat, > and WebLogic. Lift based applications are high performance and can make > use of your existing Java libraries. > > I could wax on for hours about: > > * Lift's Comet and Ajax support which allows you to build real-time > interactive applications > * Lift's concise code allowing developer productivity normally > associated with Rails and TurboGears > * Lift's high performance and scalability > * Lift's built-in support for REST and other web services > * Lift's use of Scala's type-safety so your tests can focus on > business logic > > But, that's not the most impressive thing about Lift. Lift is powered > by a community of committers and users that cares about building tools > for building great web apps. Lift is impressive because of the people > who use, drive, enhance and exchange ideas about Lift. The Lift > community is a warm, welcoming place for people of all backgrounds. The > Lift community and Lift committers strive to learn from others and roll > that learning into Lift and their own projects. That's my take on what > makes Lift great, but let's hear what other have to say about Lift: > > The interest and excitement about Scala continues to grow. It's > great to see Lift reaching the 1.0 milestone as this is a proof > point for the maturity of Scala as a software platform. > Martin Odersky <http://lamp.epfl.ch/%7Eodersky/>, ACM Fellow, Father > of Scala > > > 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. > Michael Galpin > <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ag-lift/#author>, > Developer, eBay > > > The slight added complexity of static typing is more than offset by > the performance, scalability, and the benefits of type safety. Lift > is maturing rapidly and has already proven itself many times over, > and it will only get better. > > As much as I liked Ruby and Rails, I like Scala and Lift better. > After more than two years of developing software in Ruby/Rails, > we've shifted all our development efforts to Scala/Lift. And we are > not looking back. > Charles Munat, Lightsource Interactive > <http://lightsourceinteractive.com/> > > > Lift's excellent 'Comet made easy' philosophy made it an absolute > no-brainer as the choice of framework for the Apache ESME project. > Additionally, the fact that Lift-based applications run unchanged on > the SAP's NetWeaver CE Java application server makes this an > intriguing approach for enterprise applications in the SAP world. > Darren Hague, SAP Mentor, ESME <http://blog.esme.us/> team lead > > > When I decided to put Innovation Games <http://buyafeature.com/>® > online, I knew that I couldn't afford a massive development effort. > I needed a small, sharp team who could leverage best-in-class tools > to help us solve the problems we knew that we'd have to solve in > creating a new kind of collaborative gaming experience on the web. > David suggested Lift and Scala and initial testing proved that we > could realize the developer efficiency and backend scalability that > we felt was required to efficiently support thousands of > simultaneous games. We're now very comfortable with Lift and Scala > and are pleased with how the solution framework continues to evolve > to meet our needs. While we've used lift to push the boundaries of > interactive web design, I strongly recommend anyone who wants to > build a compelling web experience using an elegant framework to > consider using Lift. > Luke Hohmann, CEO, Enthiosys <http://enthiosys.com/> > > > If you're looking for a web framework on a strongly typed functional > language and the JVM, Lift is the only game in town. Oh, and it just > works, too. > L.G. Meredith, Managing Partner, Biosimilarity LLC > > > For me it's mainly because Lift represents collective web wisdom - > all lessons learned and new to be discovered. > Viktor Klang > > > I find Lift a very solid piece of software very well designed and > written. It is the result of many years of experience of many > people. I believe in Lift's utility when developing not only > compelling web applications but also other server side applications > sitting on top of HTTP stack. I would choose Lift over any other web > framework out there without blinking. > Marius Danciu > > > Lift is like a breath of fresh air: concise, elegant and robust - > all on my existing Java infrastructure... > > Lift stands on the shoulders of giants, learns from their mistakes > and adds a whole new dimension to web application development. > > Irrespective of the technology, what makes Lift really special is > the community - well read, intelligent and welcoming. > Tim Perrett > > > Lift combines simplicity, flexibility and power better than any > other web framework in my experience. > Derek Chen-Becker > > > Lift allows a single person to accomplish what would have previously > taken an entire team. > Tyler Weir > > You can get started with Lift <http://liftweb.net/> or join the Lift > community <http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en> right now. > But, it's time for me to thank a whole bunch of folks that led to Lift > and keep Lift going: > > * The Lift committers who are a totally awesome group of folks that > I'm honored to work with. > * The Lift community as a whole. > * Dani, Jon and Brion for doing the SmartMode thing back in > 2000-2001. SmartMode inspired Lift. > * Martin Odersky, Lex Spoon, Burak Emir, Philipp Haller and the > other awesome people that build Scala and the Scala community. > * Jamie and Jon who, along with Burak, taught me Scala. > * The Scala community as a whole which is a great place. > * Roger Rohrbach <http://ecstatic.com/> for the name Lift and the > rest of the Gabblists for a lot of support and feedback. > * Matthew and Walt for taking the first chance with Lift and helping > me understand how to teach Scala. > * Tim O'Reilly for raising awareness > <http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/05/liftscala-for-w.html> > about Lift. > * Luke Hohmann <http://enthiosys.com/> for betting Buy a Feature > <http://buyafeature.com/> on me and Lift. > * SteveJ, Jorge, and DavidB for being the early committers and the > guys that turned Lift from my project into the community's project. > * Aaron Williams for the putting Buy a Feature into SAP's > Collaboration Workspace <https://cw.sdn.sap.com/index.jspa>. > * Lee Mighdoll for making repeated bets on me and Lift, not to > mention crafting the phrase "expressive elegant web framework". > * Kaliya who builds the best communities. > * Jack, an awesome CEO, for reminding me what focused leadership means. > * Darren and Dick for choosing Lift for ESME and for including me in > the ESME project. > * The whole ESME team for exposing 10,000+ SAP developers to a Lift > application at three DemoJams. > * Greg who keeps on asking me the hard questions that drive Lift in > a more functional direction. > * Debby who has been herding the Lift project towards 1.0. > * My wife and father and kids who provide(d) the tools for taking > the risks of thinking beyond the norm. > > Lift is 1.0. Lift is ready and able to power your interactive web > applications. The Lift community is waiting to welcome you, your > questions and your feedback. Please join us. > > > > -- > Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net > Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp > Git some: http://github.com/dpp > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
