Updated on September 11, 2023 in Learn
Using Web Workers to Speed-Up Your JavaScript Applications
The performance of JavaScript applications running in the browser has increased considerably over the past few years. This is mainly due to continued work on the underlying JavaScript engines (such as V8) that actually execute the code. But as these JavaScript engines get…
Updated on May 21, 2015 in Learn
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at What Powers Ruby on Rails
What is Ruby on Rails? Ruby on Rails is a web development framework that makes it easy to write web applications. Rails was extracted from an application called Basecamp. When you start writing a Ruby on Rails application, it’s like…
Updated on July 14, 2015 in Learn
Page Speed Service
Just a few minutes ago Google announced Page Speed Service. It’s a service that’s super simple to set up – web app developers to point their app’s DNS at Google. In return, Google handles rewriting web pages for performance and…
Updated on July 14, 2015 in Learn
When you fail, it's time to try again
No one is successful 100% of the time. Just look at entreprenuers like Richard Branson (founder of Virgin) and Milton Hershey (founder of Hershey’s Chocolate). They are (were) both extremely succesful and yet they’ve also had some spectacular failures (remember…
Updated on July 14, 2015 in Learn
How to Price your Web App
Pricing is always somewhat of a black art, and a subject about which there is precious little written with regard to web applications. It’s something I’ve always been fascinated by. The question of how to price our web application, Litmus,…
Updated on March 4, 2022 in Learn
Will Your Web App Make Money?
Building Web Apps from A to Z, Part 1 This is the first article the series on how to build web apps. Today, we’re tackling the important issue of cashflow and the financial viability of your web app. We’ve learned…