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  * [Mailing Lists][3]
  * [Getting it][4]
{remark  * [Documentation][5] }
  * [News][6]
{remark  * [Test results][tr] }
  * [Changelog][7]

   [3]: #mailing-lists
   [4]: #downloads
   [5]: documentation/ "documentation link"
   [6]: #news
   [7]: changelog.html
   [tr]: test-report.html
   
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### What it is

LIFT is yet another **LI**sp **F**ramework for **T**esting.
It started out firmly in the [SUnit][] / [JUnit][] mold but
has evolved to include better unit testing features and
system test features as well. It also has a much spunkier
acronym.

The best place to get an overview of LIFT and its features is
in the [user's guide][8]. Though still a work in progress, it
covers all of LIFT's basic features and many of its more
advanced ones too.

   [8]: user-guide.html (LIFT User's Guide)

[TINAA][9] documentation for LIFT is [available][10].

   [9]: http://common-lisp.net/project/tinaa/
   [10]: http://common-lisp.net/project/lift/documentation/

Those with an archeological bent might find the following interesting:

  * A [2003 paper][11] from the International Lisp Conference described LIFT as it was then, and 
  * My presentation from the conference
    * As a [Flash Presentation][12] (and I don't know how to navigate in this either... It's exported from Keynote)
    * As a [PDF][13]

   [11]: assets/test-framework.pdf
   [12]: assets/ILC-2003-Presentation.swf
   [13]: assets/ILC-2003-Presentation.pdf

The externals of LIFT haven't changed too much though the implementation has been improved...

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### Mailing Lists

  * [lift-devel][15]: A list for announcements, questions, patches, bug reports, and so on; It's for everything

   [15]: http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lift-devel

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### Where is it

metabang.com is slowly switching from [darcs][] to [git][]
for source control; the current LIFT repository is on
[github][github-lift] and you can clone it using:

    git clone git://github.com/gwkkwg/lift

LIFT is also [ASDF installable][18]. Its CLiki home is right
[where][19] you'd expect.

   [18]: http://www.cliki.net/asdf-install
   [19]: http://www.cliki.net/lift

There's also a handy [gzipped tar file][20].

   [20]: http://common-lisp.net/project/lift/lift_latest.tar.gz

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### What is happening

10 April 2010 - moved to git; lots of other stuff too but it's all undocumented :-(.

1 March 2008 
Much excitement and new features. If only someone would write up the documentation.

19 July 2007 
LIFT does [reports][tr]

23 June 2007
Scads of improvements in loads of places. The [user's guide][21] has the details.

   [21]: user-guide.html (LIFT User's Guide)

18 Nov 2005
Finally get LIFT to an increasingly grateful (?!) world.

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