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5 Ways to Optimize AJAX in Ruby on Rails by Shanti Braford
AJAX Rails - 21 Comments
July 2nd, 2007
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.- Arthur C. Clarke
When Google first unveiled GMail, then GMaps, a firestorm of interest and activity was generated — not just in those Google applications, but the technologies that powered them.
These web programming techniques (now, of course, known collectively as AJAX) have become incredibly popular, especially among Web […]
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The Making of a Web App: Professional on the Web by Matteo Alessani
Web Apps Rails - 14 Comments
May 30th, 2007
Professional on the Web is a web app aimed at, well, web professionals. Matteo writes about his experience developing the app, tweaking it based on user data and the pros and cons of using Ruby on Rails.
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The Basics of Ruby Arrays by Geoff Grosenbach
Ruby Rails - 32 Comments
May 7th, 2006
An array is a list of items in order (like vitamins, minerals, and chocolates).
Those keeping score at home might be interested to know that the Rails website framework makes 771 calls to Array.each, 558 calls to Array.map, and 1,521 calls to Array.empty?, not to mention the 2,103 times it accesses a single element inside an […]
