David's Beginning Scala book is fantastic: it's perfectly paced, gets straight to the point, and is written in a nice voice.
Peter Robinett On Oct 15, 4:41 pm, David Pollak <feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 4:18 AM, Viktor Klang <viktor.kl...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > I started Scala 2 years ago by reading the Lift code. > > so DPPs basically responsible for my Scala code... ;) > > So what you're saying is that you're all my fault... gak. ;-) > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:58 AM, opyate <opy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Hello, > > >> I bought the Scala book in PDF format (Odersky/Spoon/Venners) and > >> pretty much jumped around it (benefit of PDF is the hyperlinks) for > >> about a week. I am probably proficient with everything in chapters > >> 1-18 which is still pretty much beginner/novice level, but I need the > >> web/book before I tackle most other concepts. > > >> But I just wanted to get my hands dirty with a couple of apps and > >> dived straight in. You learn by doing. You learn by reading someone > >> else's code, which is what I've been doing a lot with the Lift sources > >> (I have a local Git clone, and set it up in Eclipse). > > >> So, in a nutshell: learn the Scala basics, and get your hands dirty. > >> Open a console and faff about, then start writing apps! :-) > > >> What I've done so far can be found here: > >>http://github.com/opyate/Ken > >>http://github.com/opyate/yauser > > >> Happy coding! > >> Juan > > >> On Oct 15, 6:07 am, ngocdaothanh <ngocdaoth...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Hi, > > >> > I have experience with Rails and Java. I'm new to Scala and Lift. I > >> > want to ask how much Scala knowledge is needed to start coding a > >> > simple blog with Lift? > > >> > Rails is easy to learn because it require little Ruby knowledge to get > >> > started. Having read the Lift book, I feel one must have some advanced > >> > Scala knowledge to get started. Could anyone provide some kind of > >> > guideline or curriculum of Scala and Lift to get started with Lift? > > >> > I would like to write a simple blog to learn Lift. But don't know how > >> > much Scala knowledge I should have to jump in Lift. > > >> > Thanks. > > > -- > > Viktor Klang > > > Blog: klangism.blogspot.com > > Twttr: viktorklang > > Wave: viktor.kl...@googlewave.com > > Code: github.com/viktorklang > > > AKKA Committer - akkasource.org > > Lift Committer - liftweb.com > > Atmosphere Committer - atmosphere.dev.java.net > > SoftPub founder:http://groups.google.com/group/softpub > > -- > Lift, the simply functional web frameworkhttp://liftweb.net > Beginning Scalahttp://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > Follow me:http://twitter.com/dpp > Surf the harmonics --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
