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Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read
So, a couple weeks ago I experienced heavy server overloads on an app due to so many concurrent users. There may have also been some code clean up that was necessary. Either way it was kind of a headache, but also a learning experience. So upon searc...
Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read
WebSockets are great for creating a bi-directional connection between the server and the client. It's also great for making some awesome real-time and interactive web apps. The only downfall with WebSockets is that they are not supported by all brows...
Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read
Yeah, it's really cool that you can start your node server from a terminal window by typing 'node server.js', but then you close the terminal or disconnect and your node server is no longer running... Well, wouldn't it be great if you were able to ke...
Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read
When getting started with Node JS you may hear the term NPM being used often (usually lowercase 'npm'). What exactly is it and how can you use it? Well... npm stands for Node Package Manager and it is an online repository for open source Node.JS p...
Written by Tony Lea - 3 minute read
Here is a simple Node JS example that I hope will help someone's journey with getting started with Node JS a little easier. First off, I thought I would explain in the simplest form what Node JS is and what it does. I am by no means a Node JS expert,...
Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read
The Devise Gem makes it really easy to create a full authentication app with Ruby on Rails. In the video below, I will walk you through setting up and installing the Devise Gem on your rails app. Below the video are all the commands and code that I u...
Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read
In this quick video I wanted to demonstrate how quickly and easy it can be to create a small todo list app using Ruby on Rails. Below is the short video which will show you how you can create a todo list app in about 60 seconds. Run the following ...
Written by Tony Lea - 2 minute read
Doesn't it seem like all the good '.com' domains are taken? I love coming up with new ideas, but when it comes to finding a new domain name it becomes impossible to find an available domain that fits the shoes for my new website project. Shouldn't fi...
Written by Tony Lea - 2 minute read
I'm constantly finding myself searching Google when I need to find out how to detect when a radio box has been changed using jQuery, and sometimes I have to search down a couple results til I finally find one that works. So, since this may come up ag...
Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read
Somtimes you need a way to communicate with an iframe. Talking directly to the iframe can be done by sending parameters via the src URL, but what if you need a simple way to pass something from an iframe to the parent page? Well, the simplest way to ...