On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Charles F. Munat <c...@munat.com> wrote:
> > Yeah. I'm hoping that David comes up with something to show how he views > Lift. Then again, I am reminded of the scene in Being John Malkovich > where Malkovich follows the tunnel into his own subconscious mind. Being > David Pollak? This could be scary... Run away!!!! And I don't think I'll have time to come up with something... I'm super-behind in all things work right now. :-( > > > Chas. > > Timothy Perrett wrote: > > Chas - now I see your confusion. One can only imagine by "lift core" > > the author of that image means net.liftweb.http... > > > > Cheers, Tim > > > > On May 11, 7:28 pm, "Charles F. Munat" <c...@munat.com> wrote: > >> How would you draw the diagram? Don't be so sure that your learning > >> style isn't mirrored by others... > >> > >> Chas. > >> > >> > >> > >> David Pollak wrote: > >>> In this case, I don't think lift-core means the same as the lift-core > >>> package. > >>> I'm also not a fan of layer diagrams in general... I think that they > >>> fail to show the interconnected nature of things... but that's just my > >>> learning style. > >>> On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Charles F. Munat <c...@munat.com > >>> <mailto:c...@munat.com>> wrote: > >>> No complaints here. I'm just confused by the diagram in the Lift > book. > >>> I'm very literal about these things, and this diagram doesn't make > much > >>> sense to me. (Probably, the problem is in my addled brain, not the > >>> diagram.) I'm trying to figure out if it can be improved and, if > so, > >>> how. > >>> Chas. > >>> David Pollak wrote: > >>> > A long time ago, I insisted that Lift was everything that we had > >>> in all > >>> > the Lift packages. When DavidB split Lift into different > >>> packages, he > >>> > called the "whole thing that includes all Lift packages" Lift > >>> Core. It > >>> > would probably be better named "Lift Bloat" (this is a joke), > but > >>> it is > >>> > what it is. > >>> > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Charles F. Munat < > c...@munat.com > >>> <mailto:c...@munat.com> > >>> > <mailto:c...@munat.com <mailto:c...@munat.com>>> wrote: > >>> > What exactly is Lift-Core. When I read Chapter 7 of the Lift > >>> book, it > >>> > says that Lift-Core is > >>> > "The engine of the framework responsible for the > request/response > >>> > lifecycle, the rendering pipeline, invoking the user's > >>> functions, etc. > >>> > We don't directly cover the core in this book because > >>> essentially all of > >>> > the functionality that we do cover sits on top of the core." > >>> > But when I look in the source code under lift-core, there's > >>> nothing > >>> > there except a pom.xml file that appears to pull a bunch of > >>> > dependencies, namely, lift-util, lift-webkit, lift-mapper, > >>> lift-machine, > >>> > lift-record, lift-textile, lift-facebook, lift-amqp, > >>> lift-xmpp, and > >>> > lift-widgets. > >>> > So does "lift-core" comprise these widgets? Or is the > lift-core > >>> > something else? (The diagram in the book shows the Mapper, > >>> for example, > >>> > as being separate from the Core.) > >>> > Thanks for any help. > >>> > Chas. > >>> > -- > >>> > Lift, the simply functional web frameworkhttp://liftweb.net > >>> > Beginning Scalahttp://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > >>> > Follow me:http://twitter.com/dpp > >>> > Git some:http://github.com/dpp > >>> -- > >>> Lift, the simply functional web frameworkhttp://liftweb.net > >>> Beginning Scalahttp://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > >>> Follow me:http://twitter.com/dpp > >>> Git some:http://github.com/dpp > > > > > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
