Fantastic! You people are one hell of a lot :) Regards
Amarjeet On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Bjarte S. Karlsen < bjarte.stien.karl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Congrats to the lift team. This is awesome news! > Epic win! > > Bjartek > > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Charles F. Munat <c...@munat.com> wrote: > >> >> 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 >> > >> > > >> >> >> > > > -- > Bjarte Stien Karlsen > Ronatoppen 6a, 4638 Kristiansand > 95219547 > MSN: m...@ibjarte.com > > > > -- Amarjeet Singh Phone: +91-98712-76661 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
