20 Nov 2007 : Lift web framework 
Lift is an expressive and elegant framework for writing web
applications. Lift stresses the importance of security,
maintainability, scalability and performance, while allowing for high
levels of developer productivity.
Lift borrows from the best of existing frameworks, providing
- Seaside's highly granular sessions and security
- Rails fast flash-to-bang
- Django's "more than just CRUD is included"
- Wicket's designer-friendly templating style
And because Lift applications are written in Scala, an elegant new
JVM language, you can still use your favorite Java libraries and
deploy to your favorite Servlet Container. Use the code you've
already written and deploy to the container you've already configured!
I will spend half the presentation talking about design goals and how
lift achieves (and in some cases doesn't) these goals. I will spend
half the presentation building a simple lift application.
Speaker Bio:
David Pollak has been developing commercial software since 1978. He
invented the real-time spreadsheet used by financial traders to
manage multi-billion dollar portfolios. Over the years, David has
founded and sold companies, run engineering teams, and developed web
frameworks. He currently lives with his wife, twins 3 year olds,
dog, 2 cats and 2 goldfish in San Francisco.
Meeting Time:
6:45pm Networking
7:00pm Presentation
