October 2008 Archives
It feels good to see your name in print
It was almost a full year ago that I started writing a book on Facebook development. This past Friday I got a very exciting box. Unboxing pictures inside.
Continue Reading…Posted by Mike Mangino on Oct 22, 2008
Preloading summary data using ActiveRecord
It seems like every application we build has at least one screen that needs to access a lot of data. For example, if we were building a web application for a school we would likely have a page for teachers that shows all of their students including their current grage, number of assignments turned in on time and attendance. Inside, we'll look at how we can make this type of page run quickly without adding much complexity.
Continue Reading…Posted by Mike Mangino on Oct 08, 2008