Dashes (Hyphens) vs. Underscores – Which is better for SEO?
I can’t find a solid answer on this potentially important SEO topic. The most referenced source seems to be this blog entry from Matt Cutts (a Google employee). That entry, however, is from 2005....
View ArticleA Simple Example – Backbone.js Tutorial Part 1 – Collection based on JSON + View
I still don’t feel like I understand Backbone at all. I decided to scrap what I had previously built – despite the fact that it’s working – because I don’t truly understand why it’s working. The result...
View ArticleA Simple Example – Backbone.js Tutorial Part 2 – Creating an App View
Thanks for checking out part 2 of my Backbone.js tutorial. In my previous entry I set up a model, a collection, and a view related to a “profile” – essentially bios for the people who work with me at...
View ArticleRuby on Rails Cheat Sheet – Handy Tips Gleaned from RoR Tutorial Book
Every time I go away from RoR for a while, I forget everything I had learned. In order to get me up to speed more quickly in the future, I am going to create a Ruby on Rails cheat sheet … Continue...
View ArticleRuby on Rails Tutorial: Creating a Rails Instance from an Existing MySQL DB
In this Ruby on Rails tutorial, I will show how to create a Rails instance from an existing MySQL database. I have an existing site that used Codeigniter and a MySQL DB, and I want to more or less...
View ArticleRuby on Rails Cheat Sheet Part 2 – More Tips and Reminders
I am still finding new Ruby and Ruby on Rails tricks (and I keep forgetting them) so I am starting a second Ruby on Rails cheat sheet to help me remember how to accomplish simple tasks. Check out my...
View ArticleRails Tutorial: Setting Up a Server on Heroku for Free!
In this Rails tutorial I am going to set up dev, stage, and production environments. Dev will be on my local machine and I’ll use heroku for stage and production. I’m going to use Unicorn to provide a...
View ArticleRails Tutorial Part 2: Setting Up a Server on Heroku for Free!
Continuing from my previous post, in part two of this Rails Tutorial I am going to continue to add to my nascent project. The theme of the project is getting set up on heroku with lots of cool addons …...
View ArticleGetting started with the MEAN stack and Mean.io – Part 1
If you haven’t heard about it, the MEAN stack consists of: mongoDB ExpressJS AngularJS, and Node.js The installation and set up process is described in a bunch of places on the Web. I struggled through...
View ArticlePlain Text Popular Movie Titles List – 1990-2015
I’m not sure if anyone will find this movie titles list useful, but I put together a plain text file of the top 100 grossing movies from each year from 1990-2015. The format of each line in the file is...
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