1. Introducing Lift

This chapter covers An overview of Scala and Lift Lift’s history and design rationale An overview of Lift’s structure

Lift is an exciting new way of building web applications that feature rich, highly interactive user experiences. Lift is built atop the powerful functional programming language Scala, which lends itself to writing exceedingly concise but powerful code. By leveraging Scala, Lift aims to be expressive and elegant while stressing the importance of maintainability, scalability, and performance.