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Ever imagine making a desktop application using PHP? or maybe Ruby on Rails? Try ASP, Coldfusion or whatever technology the web are made of today. Well I did, and I made a few myself this year and it works great! Why would I want to do that? Why not make one using current desktop technology like Visual Studio, Delphi, etc?

To answer that questions, let’s review the weakness of a desktop application: First of all, it’s Operating System specific. You can’t run a Windows application on Linux or Mac and vice versa. Second, It’s harder to maintain if it’s installed on numerous computer. Third, It’s rather hard to make and eye candy out of a desktop application (maybe this is just me, but there are tons of ugly Windows application out there..).

Ok, if you’re still reading this then I believe you are interested. Read on

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written by Kuy

In my search to optimize (again and again) Sharingfoto.com, I discovered a great optimization tips by thinkVitamin. Here’s a quote:

When building out your AJAX application, it’s a good idea to keep in mind the different sources of latency that can slow down the user experience. These include:

1. The Database (both in memory and filesystem swap)
2. App Server Execution & Rendering
3. The Webserver
4. The Network
5. The Browser (only in really complex AJAX apps)

Read it and do it!

written by Kuy