Episode #2 - Page Caching

Ruby on Rails comes with several caching mechanisms out of the box, starting with Page Caching. In this episode we show how to implement Page Caching in a simple blog application.

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Episode #3 - Cache Expiration

When you start caching html content which depends on data in your database, what happens when that data changes? You’re going to need to expire that cache, and in this episode, we show you how Rails makes this quite easy.

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Adam Wiggins and Ryan Tomayko, Heroku - pt. 3

An interview in 3 parts with Adam Wiggins and Ryan Tomayko of Heroku from their recent visit to New Relic. They discuss the vision behind the creation of Heroku, their passion for helping developers create scalable, high-performance Rails apps in the cloud, taking full advantage of cloud deployment, and their tips and best practices to create a high-performance app.

Tools + Collaboration
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Adam Wiggins and Ryan Tomayko, Heroku - pt. 2

An interview in 3 parts with Adam Wiggins and Ryan Tomayko of Heroku from their recent visit to New Relic. They discuss the vision behind the creation of Heroku, their passion for helping developers create scalable, high-performance Rails apps in the cloud, taking full advantage of cloud deployment, and their tips and best practices to create a high-performance app.

Performance + Best Practices
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Adam Wiggins and Ryan Tomayko, Heroku - pt. 1

An interview in 3 parts with Adam Wiggins and Ryan Tomayko of Heroku from their recent visit to New Relic. They discuss the vision behind the creation of Heroku, their passion for helping developers create scalable, high-performance Rails apps in the cloud, taking full advantage of cloud deployment, and their tips and best practices to create a high-performance app.

Introductions + The Heroku Vision
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Jesse Proudman, Blue Box Group - pt. 2

Listen to Jesse Proudman of Blue Box Group offer insights and advice for companies deciding whether to move to a Cloud-computing environment. Topics include:

• To Cloud or Not to Cloud
• Top 3 considerations for moving to the cloud
• Key security and compliance concerns
• Managing performance SLAs
• Scaling rails applications
• The importance of memcache

Planning and Scaling Rails Deployments
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Jesse Proudman, Blue Box Group - pt. 1

Listen to Jesse Proudman of Blue Box Group offer insights and advice for companies deciding whether to move to a Cloud-computing environment. Topics include:

• To Cloud or Not to Cloud
• Top 3 considerations for moving to the cloud
• Key security and compliance concerns
• Managing performance SLAs
• Scaling rails applications
• The importance of memcache

Choosing the Right Hosting Environment
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Webinar Replay: Optimizing Your Online Store for the Holidays

In this session Brian Doll, manager of software development at Sheet Music Plus, the nation’s leading online provider of sheet music, shares his tips on preparing your site optimal application performance, capacity and scalability during the peak season. In addition to providing specific optimization examples, Brian discusses a number of helpful steps in detail. These include:

• Analyze the architecture to understand dependencies
• Analyze the business to understand customer behavior
• Measure everything that can be measured
• Embrace change by being responsive

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