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Chrome’s developer tools has way more shit than I realized
It looks like there’s some other valuable options there as well, i just don’t really understand all of them?
I recently started maintaing some code using Freemarker, a templating language. This is not a new technology by any means, it’s been around for a long time, but it’s new to me. So I wondered … why would anyone need to use a templating language … isn’t that what JSP is for?
Here’s what I’ve found:
So from what I’ve found, templates are ever so slightly slower because they are interpreted, but it’s well worth the simplicity and flexibility they provide.
After attending Velocity this year, I thought I would take a moment to reflect on some things I learned.
Unfortunately, my laptop and all of my notes from the conference are in the hands of an unknown taxi driver somewhere in the San Francisco Bay area. So I’m pulling most of this from memory. So in no particular order:
Bonus: Facebook is big … I mean REALLY big. Like 6 million images uploaded every 30 minutes big.
Bonus: CSS can be tuned for performance. Who knew? It mainly involves minimizing your DOM size and favoring the most efficient selectors.
I use Fiddler extensively. It’s one of the few tools that I honestly don’t think I could do my job without.
A few good use cases:
Scripting
You can manipulate requests and responses programatically, which is a new thing I recently discovered… which is way more useful than I would have anticipated. http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler/dev/scriptsamples.asp
In particular:
There’s other good tools out there that can accomplish the same thing, and Fiddler is admittedly not the most intuitive program. But just like Eclipse, once you figure it out, you’ll love it.
Bah! This took longer than 10 minutes … i might have to bump my description up to 15 :/
A version of the drinking game Wizard Staff, based on the Game of Thrones / A Song of Fire and Ice series.
Competitors will be competing for control of the Iron Throne and the Kingdom of Westeros, so each player must pick a house to represent. For maximum results each player should attire themselves appropriately with house color and sigils.
The rules:
Beers 1-5: You are a squire.
To continue on to beer 6, you must complete an act of bravery (a shot of wild turkey), at which point you become a knight.
Beers 6-10: You are a knight.
As a knight, you may challenge other knights (not squires or lords) to shotgun battles (first player to finish their shotgun wins) … the winner of the shotgun battle gets to put both cans on their staff, the loser none.
Beers 11+: You are a lord.
As lord of your house, for each beer you add to your staff you may create a rule that everyone else (that have not yet becomes a lord) must follow.
The joust: For the crown
To determine a winner, a joust must be held. Only lords may contend. Two lords joust at a time, the loser is out and the winner continues on. Each jouster must where a helm (a beer case) with a single beer can taped to the top. Each jouster must knock the beer can from their opponents helm. Whomever loses their can (or their entire helm) first loses.
Remember, when you play the game of thrones … you black out. Enjoy.