JavaZone 2010 - Getting Real: Lift, the Scala web framework
Lift is an expressive, elegant framework for writing Web applications. It stresses the importance of security, scalability, and performance while enabling high levels of developer productivity. Lift applications, written in Scala and deployed as WAR files offer very high performance and are being deployed in organizations as diverse as web 2.0 start-ups, right up to companies such as SAP. In this session, project committer Timothy Perrett, gives an overview of Lift and demonstrates its advantages for building rich Internet applications.
Timothy Perrett
Timothy Perrett is a UK based developer and architect currently working for a division of Xerox Corporation in Europe, Middle East and Africa and author of Lift in Action, the book about Lift. Having worked in and around manufacturing and workflow systems for nearly 7 years, he has wealth of experience building machine automation and writing system integration middleware. Tim is an active committer on the Lift project and has been for the past three years.