Links tagged with “Tips”

Eight tips for getting the most out of your Rails app

Some good tips on optimizing your Rails site. I’m already using a couple of these on this site, but I definitely want to try out the rest of them as well.

Posted on December 23, 2009 Leave a Comment
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Let's make the web faster

Google has a great selection of tips on how to make your website faster. I posted a little while back about several frontend optimizations I’ve made to make my site faster.

Reblogged from: Jason Kottke
Posted on July 31, 2009 Leave a Comment
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Get Your API Right

A great post by Trek Glowacki with 8 tips on creating an API. My favorites are #2 - Use Your Verbs and #4 - Use Your Status Codes. It’s amazing how much simpler an API can be if you integrate basic REST principles, and if you’re using Rails, it’s super easy to do.

Posted on July 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
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Practical Sorcery with irb

Clinton from Viget Labs posted some great ways to extend your ~/.irbrc file. I especially like the auto-indent trick–definitely helps to make irb a lot easier to use.

Posted on March 30, 2009 Leave a Comment
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A Gaggle of Git Tips

Some great tips for working with Git from the team over at Viget

Posted on January 12, 2009 Leave a Comment
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Improve Your jQuery - 25 Excellent Tips

Some really great tips about improving the performance of your jQuery code, as well as some nice tips to be a more efficient coder.

Reblogged from: RailsTips
Posted on December 22, 2008 Leave a Comment
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TextMate Productivity Tips

Some great TextMate power tips from Roger Johansson.

Posted on November 30, 2008 Leave a Comment
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