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Why LinkedIn's Mobile Developers Dumped Ruby For Node.js

How linkedin scaled their iPhone app by moving the server backend from RoR to node.js

ittayd 30/01/2012 - 17:01
Article, node.js, node.js
WebRTC

Get yourself familair with html5's WebRTC technology examples.

By The Way: you can use WebRTC in Chrome by turning on a flag.

orenf 26/01/2012 - 15:48
Article, Javascript, javascript webrtc
GWT Pros and Cons

A good list of pros and cons about GWT. Well thought of

ittayd 24/01/2012 - 15:56
Article, GWT, gwt
Firebug 1.9 new features

New features in Firebug 1.9

ittayd 09/01/2012 - 13:07
Article, firebug, firebug
Native client: Run C/C++ in your (Chrome) browser.

This is an overview of the native-client library, already implemented in Chrome (so the document says, their link to the app-gallery returns 404). It allows to write C/C++ code that will run in a sandbox in the browser in a cross-platform, secure, way. Javascript can communicate with the C/C++ module. This allows to write web applications that require portions of CPU intensive code. It may also open up the door for more languages being supported "natively" in the browser.

ittayd 29/12/2011 - 21:13
Article, chrome native, web
Javascript: ++[[]][+[]]+[+[]] = 10 === "10"

The expression ++[[]][+[]]+[+[]]  equals "10" in Javascript. Read the answer in this stackoverflow question to understand why.

ittayd 29/12/2011 - 17:46
Article, javascript, Javascript
Akka faster than Erlang

According to this benchmark, Akka (a Scala actor library) is faster than Erlang by a factor of 2

 

UPDATE: more analysis: https://plus.google.com/u/0/112820434312193778084/posts/HdKFx4VQtJj

ittayd 26/12/2011 - 15:47
Article, Scala, scala akka erlang
Efficient Javascript

A very detailed hands-on article on writing efficient javascript code, understanding the underlying browser mechanism, DOM operations and how it affects performance.

orenf 04/12/2011 - 08:53
Article, javascript, Javascript, performance
"insertadjacenthtml" Enables Faster Html Snippet Injection

 is innerHTML belongs to the past?

according to this article - it might.

insertAdjacentHtml is faster and less "intrusive" to html.

orenf 27/11/2011 - 09:38
Article, Javascript, javascript
Managing Application Resources with the Flyweight Pattern

This is a detailed and informative hands-on article about using and implementing the flightweight pattern in javascript. I t also shades some light on structuring code wisley.

orenf 19/11/2011 - 15:57
Article, Javascript, oop, patterns
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