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Web Performance

SmushMySite Image Optimization Tool - Smush.it™

When I am developing a web site, I am always looking for ways to improve the speed and page load times. I have used a few tools such as Yahoo's YSlow and Google's Page Speed Analyzer. If you have played around extensively with YSlow you may have noticed that there

Object Caching - .NET 4

As a developer, we need to use all the tools at our disposal to develop faster and more robust applications. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using caching. Caching is the process of storing frequently used data on the server to fulfil subsequent requests. Now there

Web Analytics - Determining Bounce Rate

If you are a fellow blogger or Webmaster then read on, because this might interest you somewhat. When I first started out blogging, I added Google Analytics to my site to track visitors and stats. It's a great free tool and generally a really accurate service, and I'm certain that

Web Development

MVC and the Google Visualization API (DataTable)

Google have created an awesome visualization API. It enables you to add live charts, graphs and tables to your web pages. It is quite flexible and has some great features that are quite easy to use once you get started. I started playing around with this API and decided to

A Simple Guide to SQL Compact 4

There has been quite a lot of interest building up recently around SQL Compact 4. Now, if you are not familiar with SQL compact, it's basically a database engine that is free and totally embedded. You don't need to install a database anywhere on your server. Not only that, but