Lift in Action
eBook - ePub

Lift in Action

The Simply Functional Web Framework for Scala

  1. 424 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Lift in Action

The Simply Functional Web Framework for Scala

About this book

Summary

Lift in Action is a step-by-step exploration of the Lift framework. It moves through the subject quickly using carefully crafted, well-explained examples that make you comfortable from the start. This book is written for developers who are new to both Scala and Lift.
About the Technology
Lift is a Scala-based web framework designed for extremely interactive and engaging web applications. It's highly scalable, production-ready, and will run in any servlet container. And Lift's convention-over-configuration approach lets you avoid needless work.
About this Book
Lift in Action is a step-by-step exploration of the Lift framework. It moves through the subject quickly using carefully crafted, well-explained examples that make you comfortable from the start. You'll follow an entertaining Travel Auction application that covers the core concepts and shows up architectural and development strategies. Handy appendixes offer a Scala crash course and guidance for setting up a good coding environment.

This book is written for developers who are new to both Scala and Lift and covers just enough Scala to get you started.

Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.
What's Inside
  • Complete coverage of the Lift framework
  • Security, maintainability, and performance
  • Integration and scaling
  • Covers Lift 2.x
Table of Contents
    PART 1 GETTING STARTED
  1. Introducing Lift
  2. Hello Lift
    3. PART 2 APPLICATION TUTORIAL
  3. The auction application
  4. Customers, auctions, and bidding
  5. Shopping basket and checkout
    6. PART 3 LIFT IN DETAIL
  6. Common tasks with Lift WebKit
  7. SiteMap and access control
  8. HTTP in Lift
  9. AJAX, wiring, and Comet
  10. Persistence with Mapper
  11. Persistence with Record

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Information

Publisher
Manning
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781935182801
eBook ISBN
9781638352983
Topic
Computer Science
Subtopic
Software Development
Index
Computer Science

Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. Dedication
  3. Brief Table of Contents
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. About this Book
  8. About the Author
  9. About the Cover Illustration
  10. Part 1. Getting started
  11. Chapter 1. Introducing Lift
  12. Chapter 2. Hello Lift
  13. Part 2. Application tutorial
  14. Chapter 3. The auction application
  15. Chapter 4. Customers, auctions, and bidding
  16. Chapter 5. Shopping basket and checkout
  17. Part 3. Lift in detail
  18. Chapter 6. Common tasks with Lift WebKit
  19. Chapter 7. SiteMap and access control
  20. Chapter 8. HTTP in Lift
  21. Chapter 9. AJAX, wiring, and Comet
  22. Chapter 10. Persistence with Mapper
  23. Chapter 11. Persistence with Record
  24. Chapter 12. Localization
  25. Chapter 13. Distributed messaging and Java enterprise integration
  26. Chapter 14. Application testing
  27. Chapter 15. Deployment and scaling
  28. Appendix A. Introduction to Scala
  29. Appendix B. Configuring an IDE
  30. Appendix C. Options and boxes
  31. Index
  32. List of Figures
  33. List of Tables
  34. List of Listings

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