Simply Lift

[David Pollak]

Folks,

After I finished Beginning Scala, I swore I'd never write another book... but after looking at the collection of articles and posts I've written over the last few months, I decided to organize them into a book... Simply Lift. https://github.com/dpp/simply_lift

I have two major areas to cover with Simply Lift:

1. Lift Webkit is built on about 20 core concepts and I am going to use example code to cover the 20 core concepts (it'll also help me flesh them out).
2. Recipes.  Like Rails' Recipes, it's about time that someone organized a set of recipes for Lift.

Between now and the end of the year, Simply Lift will simply be a Lyx document and a bunch of code.  For the rest of the year, I'm going to work on formatting, etc. so that the output turns nicely into PDF and HTML with sweet code formatting (any formatting tool suggestions will be greatly appreciated).  I hope to put up a site parallel to Exploring Lift so that the book is easily accessible. I also expect that I'll centralize my comments and responses into the Simply Lift source and then break it into wiki pages, etc.

The book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivs: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ I've licensed (for free) the work to the Exploring Lift authors and will gladly discuss license grants to other folks who are creating better documentation around Lift.

Also, Simply Lift is based on my writing style which, based on reviews of Beginning Scala, is an acquired taste.  I hope to teach core Lift concepts rather than doing deep dives into OR Mapping or other topics that are well covered in Exploring Lift and Lift in Action.

Thanks,

David

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Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net
Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890
Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp
Blog: http://goodstuff.im
Surf the harmonics

[Warren Henning]

I submitted this to Hacker News if anyone feels like voting it up to
let people know about this.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1931525

You can also suggest a different title for the title if you respond fast enough.

Warren

[Mads Hartmann Jensen]

Very cool David! 

I enjoyed reading Beginning Scala (should've brought it to scalalol so you could sign it ;) )  so I'm sure I'll 

like this one as well - good luck with the writing.

- Mads

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[Derek Chen-Becker]

I actually worked last month on improving the syntax highlighting in both the PDF and HTML versions of Exploring Lift, so I would be happy to help get that same work into your book.

Derek

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[Okpala Ikenna N.]

Great this is exactly what Lift needs.. more publicity..

This book and the ones like it will help convince loads of people who are not sure on how to get started on a Lift app and what the benefits are.

Cheers,

Ikenna 

[Andy Parsons]

Fantastic news! David, I think I speak for a lot of folks when I say "write more books!"

[Indrajit Raychaudhuri]

That was my first book on Scala - helped me a *lot*.
So very excited about this book!

- Indrajit

NB: As they say, some acts are destined to be repeated :)

David Pollak wrote:
> Folks,
>
> After I finished /Beginning Scala/, I swore I'd never write another

> book... but after looking at the collection of articles and posts I've
> written over the last few months, I decided to organize them into a

> book... /Simply Lift/. https://github.com/dpp/simply_lift
>
> I have two major areas to cover with /Simply Lift/:
>
> 1. Lift Webkit is built on about 20 core concepts and I am going to

> use example code to cover the 20 core concepts (it'll also help me
> flesh them out).

> 2. Recipes. Like /Rails' Recipes/, it's about time that someone

> organized a set of recipes for Lift.
>

> Between now and the end of the year, /Simply Lift/ will simply be a Lyx

> document and a bunch of code. For the rest of the year, I'm going to
> work on formatting, etc. so that the output turns nicely into PDF and
> HTML with sweet code formatting (any formatting tool suggestions will be

> greatly appreciated). I hope to put up a site parallel to /Exploring
> Lift/ so that the book is easily accessible. I also expect that I'll
> centralize my comments and responses into the /Simply Lift/ source and

> then break it into wiki pages, etc.
>
> The book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution, Non Commercial,
> No Derivs: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ I've

> licensed (for free) the work to the /Exploring Lift/ authors and will

> gladly discuss license grants to other folks who are creating better
> documentation around Lift.
>

> Also, /Simply Lift/ is based on my writing style which, based on reviews
> of /Beginning Scala/, is an acquired taste. I hope to teach core Lift

> concepts rather than doing deep dives into OR Mapping or other topics

> that are well covered in /Exploring Lift/ and /Lift in Action/.

>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
> --
> Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net
> Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890
> Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp
> Blog: http://goodstuff.im
> Surf the harmonics
>

[Brick Red]

Cool.

[Randinn]

I posted it in Reddit as well....

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/eart0/the_simply_lift_book_for_the_lift_framework_an/

On Nov 23, 9:23 am, Warren Henning <warren.henn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I submitted this to Hacker News if anyone feels like voting it up to
> let people know about this.
>
> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1931525
>
> You can also suggest a different title for the title if you respond fast enough.
>
> Warren
>
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 2:16 PM, David Pollak
>

[Lukasz Kuczera]

Great, this is what Lift needs, no more whining about documentation
yay ^_^

On Nov 22, 11:16 pm, David Pollak <feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Folks,
>
> After I finished *Beginning Scala*, I swore I'd never write another book...

> but after looking at the collection of articles and posts I've written over

> the last few months, I decided to organize them into a book... *Simply Lift*.https://github.com/dpp/simply_lift
>
> I have two major areas to cover with *Simply Lift*:
>
>    1. Lift Webkit is built on about 20 core concepts and I am going to use

>    example code to cover the 20 core concepts (it'll also help me flesh them
>    out).

>    2. Recipes.  Like *Rails' Recipes*, it's about time that someone

>    organized a set of recipes for Lift.
>

> Between now and the end of the year, *Simply Lift* will simply be a Lyx

> document and a bunch of code.  For the rest of the year, I'm going to work
> on formatting, etc. so that the output turns nicely into PDF and HTML with
> sweet code formatting (any formatting tool suggestions will be greatly

> appreciated).  I hope to put up a site parallel to *Exploring Lift* so that

> the book is easily accessible. I also expect that I'll centralize my

> comments and responses into the *Simply Lift* source and then break it into

> wiki pages, etc.
>
> The book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution, Non Commercial, No

> Derivs:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/I've licensed (for
> free) the work to the *Exploring Lift* authors and will gladly discuss

> license grants to other folks who are creating better documentation around
> Lift.
>

> Also, *Simply Lift* is based on my writing style which, based on reviews of
> *Beginning Scala*, is an acquired taste.  I hope to teach core Lift concepts

> rather than doing deep dives into OR Mapping or other topics that are well

> covered in *Exploring Lift* and *Lift in Action*.

>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
> --
> Lift, the simply functional web frameworkhttp://liftweb.net

> Beginning Scalahttp://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890

[Uruhara]

Checking it out now...definitely could use another Lift learning
source. I wouldn't say 'no' to future books. I ended up getting
Beginning Scala and it's actually a source for new programmers. The
staircase book was good as well but for new programmers...100 ways to
solve rationals starts to make your head cloudy after a while...plus
i'm slow. =)
Beginning Scala works rather well for me.

On Nov 24, 1:26 pm, Lukasz Kuczera <kuk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Great, this is what Lift needs, no more whining about documentation
> yay ^_^
>
> On Nov 22, 11:16 pm, David Pollak <feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Folks,
>
> > After I finished *Beginning Scala*, I swore I'd never write another book...
> > but after looking at the collection of articles and posts I've written over
> > the last few months, I decided to organize them into a book... *Simply Lift*.https://github.com/dpp/simply_lift
>
> > I have two major areas to cover with *Simply Lift*:
>
> >    1. Lift Webkit is built on about 20 core concepts and I am going to use
> >    example code to cover the 20 core concepts (it'll also help me flesh them
> >    out).
> >    2. Recipes.  Like *Rails' Recipes*, it's about time that someone
> >    organized a set of recipes for Lift.
>
> > Between now and the end of the year, *Simply Lift* will simply be a Lyx
> > document and a bunch of code.  For the rest of the year, I'm going to work
> > on formatting, etc. so that the output turns nicely into PDF and HTML with
> > sweet code formatting (any formatting tool suggestions will be greatly
> > appreciated).  I hope to put up a site parallel to *Exploring Lift* so that
> > the book is easily accessible. I also expect that I'll centralize my
> > comments and responses into the *Simply Lift* source and then break it into
> > wiki pages, etc.
>
> > The book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution, Non Commercial, No

> > Derivs:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/I'velicensed (for