Part 2: Application tutorial

Now that you’re up to speed with the basics of working with Lift, we can pick up the pace and really delve into the framework, demonstrating some of the awesome features it has. In order to do that effectively, we’re going to build on your new skills by creating a full-blown application for purchasing last-minute vacations.

In chapter 3, we’ll outline the functionality of the tutorial application and we’ll build the first stage of the administration site. This will include an introduction to Mapper, Lift’s ORM implementation, so you can insert information into the database. We shall also be touching on CRUDify, Lift’s super-slick scaffolding functionality.

Chapters 4 and 5 will show you how to implement Lift’s highly integrated Comet and AJAX support to create a real-time bidding system and shopping cart, which will let users bid for last minute holiday deals and pay through PayPal.