I’ve written a few recent articles on Node.js, mostly to familiarize myself with the effort involved in creating basic applications with it. I have yet to use it in production, mostly because I’m just not sure how ready I am to use it on a large project…
I have been quite curious with performance compared to the standard tools that I’ve used forever and ever. In the following article, I’m going to do some basic comparisons between Node and Apache2 performance.
This is an interesting topic – it’s really easy to argue both ways. Is it really worth installing a lot of software that will eventually slow down your machine or even open up your company’s firewall to allow certain traffic to come through on different ports?
Many IT teams might say no, but I’ll argue forever with them about always having a fully replicated local development environment!
I’m sure you’re like me and register to new websites almost daily giving them the same old email address each time or if you are even really anal about it, creating a new email account for each site. Then all of a sudden our email box starts getting more and more filled with spam, what’s the big idea?
This is a neat one that I feel a little late to the game with, but hey why not, it might help someone out there!
I always enjoy doing interviews and asking potential candidates what the difference between single quotes and double quotes are in PHP. Most people have the basic understanding that single quotes are not interpreted by the compiler whereas double quotes are processed while the page is being executed. The follow up question is typically which one they prefer; this answer is always 50/50. I have always been a fan of single quotes thinking them to be faster…
Since I’ve recently moved from WordPress to a custom solution I’ve missed a few things about the WordPress stats – more specifically which links were clicked in. I think it’s a good thing to know whether or not people like the links I often include in my blog articles. I try not to link out too much, as the whole goals of my articles are for you to stay and read them! Crazy concept, I know…
Like most people, I rely on Google Analytics to provide me the stats about my website. I certainly don’t have the traffic that requires a custom solution! The nice part is that Google has made this very easy through Custom Event Tracking.