Archive for June, 2008

20
Jun

High-performance JavaScript

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Here’s another talk I watched recently on how to speed up your web sites. This one focuses on Javascript, and offers techniques to make your scripts run faster — or at least appear to run faster:

20
Jun

Even Faster Web Sites

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I watched a great presentation from the Google I/O conference yesterday.  It’s by Steve Souders, creator of the YSlow plugin for Firefox, and he’s talking about making your web sites load faster.  He offers some sneaky little techniques to make [...]

07
Jun

Automated Testing Patterns and Smells

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If you decide to do automated unit testing of your web applications, this presentation from Google Tech Talks covers ways to make your tests more complete and efficient:

06
Jun

June 5, 2008 Notes

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Check out Jeff Atwood & Joel Spolsky’s new Stack Overflow podcast, a discussion about software development.
PHP Sucks, But It Doesn’t Matter
I had someone email me looking for a LAMP developer for a 3-6 month contract in the Loop. You need framework experience and a BS degree in a computer or business field. Also, [...]

06
Jun

PHP: ADOdb or PDO for DB Access - June 5, 2008

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Tom’s Presentation from this evening:

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06
Jun

PHPUnit Presentation - June 5, 2008

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My presentation from this evening:

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