…URGENT: Faye security releases - And yes, one more.
Dependency Injection != Inversion of Control - Just in case you'd like to go back from security issues to arguing about patterns.
Gem Badge - Automatically link your Github repo to built gems.
You Don't Need the DOM Ready Event - Speeding up your javascript a bit.
Lightning JSON in Rails - Speeding up JSON generation.
Honeybadger - "The modern error management service for Rails".
Shenzen - CLI for building and distributing iOS applications.
Mail Pilot Public Beta - Interesting take on workflow for an email client.
brew-cask - CLI installation for Mac GUI applications via homebrew.
RailwayJS - MVC JavaScript framework based on ExpressJS and Rails.
LLSJ: Low-Level …
Streaming Current state of Node.js WebSocket modules .
The Resque way Lots of good info about Resque .
UNIX power Oh, the cool things you can do with lsof .
Measure Metrics and you .
Go fast Speeding things up using Nginx and microcaching .
QotD Ricardo Mendes :
Ricardo's Law: don't bother using git blame. it was you.
Our JQuery Talk on Speeding up Interactions on Pageless Apps
Bonus: Usability test along the way
Test early in design using low-fidelity prototypes. Don't wait until the end, when it's too late.
How a Quick Test Helped Increase Click Through Rate by 12%
Getting Feedback While You Build
Takeaways From a Quick Test of Search Fields on Consumer Electronics Websites
Got some good examples of usability practices to share? …
…for building a fast website remains Yahoo's 13 Simple Rules for Speeding Up Your Web Site from 2007. There is one caveat, however:
There's some good advice here, but there's also a lot of advice that only makes sense if you run a website that gets millions of unique users per day. Do you run a website like that? If so, what are you doing reading this instead of flying your private jet to a Bermuda vacation with your trophy wife?
So ... a funny thing happened …
…constraint. If you're familiar with Yahoo's Best Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Site and related YSlow tool , you know that caching your assets is an important part of having a speedy site.
There are a lot of possible solutions to this problem hanging around , but none of them seemed 100% ideal for my situation. So, I asked if there is a preferred method of caching/packaging assets in a Rails…