Memoization
Category: Web Development > Ruby On Rails      Posted: 09 Dec 08

Rails 2.2 is out! In this episode I show how to upgrade Rails and then demonstrate one of the new additions: Memoization.

IntelliJ IDEA Architecture and Performance
Category: Languages > Java      Posted: 07 Jun 08

Dmitry Jemerov, Development Lead for IntelliJ IDEA at JetBrains, will explain:

  • performance optimization techniques used in IntelliJ IDEA
  • Three steps for turning a tier-based/Spring-application into dynamically scalable services
    Category: Languages > Java      Posted: 21 Mar 08

    In this presentation, a three steps approach for turning your existing stateful tier-based/Spring-application into a dynamically scalable services appl...

    The Amazon.com Technology Platform: Building Blocks for Innovation
    Category: Architecture > Case Study      Posted: 24 Jan 08

    In this QCon presentation, Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels explains how Amazon has become a platform provider, and how an increasing number of diverse bus...

    High Performance Ajax Applications
    Category: Web Development > Javascript      Posted: 21 Dec 07

    Julien Lecomte, author of the YUI Compressor and the YUI Browser History Manager, recently gave a talk at Yahoo on the creation of high-performance DHT...

    Building Industrial Strength Performance Tools
    Category: Languages > Testing      Posted: 03 Dec 07

    In this talk we will discuss the issues involved in building industrial-strength performance tools. We first discuss the requirements for such tools, a...

    Maintaining Java Apps in Production Environments
    Category: Languages > Java      Posted: 07 Nov 07

    Alexandre Rafalovitch delivers an organized overview of the tools and techniques that help with resolving problems that arise in real production enviro...

    Distributed Caching Essential Lessons
    Category: Languages > Java      Posted: 01 Nov 07

    In this presentation, recorded at Javapolis, Cameron Purdy shows how to improve application performance & scalability via caching architectures to redu...

    Architecting Toronto.com with ASP.NET
    Category: Web Development > Asp.net      Posted: 26 Oct 07

    Toronto.Com attracts over 700,000 unique visitors per month, and offers comprehensive and searchable access to business and event listings. Originally ...

    10 Steps to Ensure IT Effectiveness
    Category: Others > Misc      Posted: 24 Oct 07

    In an age of outsourcing and multi-skilled developers, having an effective and efficient IT organization is more important than ever. Learn how to boos...

    High-performance JavaScript: Why Everything You've Been Taught
    Category: Web Development > Javascript      Posted: 10 Oct 07

    Joseph Smarr is the Chief Platform Architect at Plaxo, Inc., where he's led the engineering of Plaxo's address-book integration application. In the cou...

    High Performance Web Sites: 14 Rules for Faster Pages
    Category: Web Development > Javascript      Posted: 10 Oct 07

    Steve Souders is Yahoo's chief peformance guru and the author of High Performance Web Sites. For the past three years, Steve has led a team investigati...