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I was recently asked by @beanstalkapp to write a blog / tutorial on my Node JS Hook Server, but I'd like to start by mentioning how awsome of a service beanstalk is for version control. Not only do they host SVN and GIT but their deployments rock, and saved us alot of time having to write our own deployment tool. We use it by creating 2 deployments per project, one to the Development environment and one to the Production environment. The Development environment is almost always set to automatically deploy every commit, saves us the trouble of checking into version control and then FTPing. *AWSOME* not only does that simplify our development cycle it gets us to check-in all of our code on a much more consistant basis than we probably would if we FTP'd everything. We use GIT, we started with SVN but moved to GIT when we...

Since we first released the AS3 MailChimp Library we've recieved numerous comments, emails and message regarding updates, changes, errors and more. Here is the latest version of the Class and what it includes:

• Update the code to a separate class so it's easier to integrate and call the functions
• First and Last name are optional
• Data Center issues that people were running into now has a solution!

For those that previously had issues with the data center errors, we've integrated a new variable that allows you to change the data center settings so your code will work. We hope this is a great fit for now. I'd love to hear what other kind of changes...

Even though most internet connections are getting faster, it's become increasingly important to build faster, smarter, and more light-weight websites. Yahoo and Google now factor load speeds into their rankings, which makes it even more important.

In order for a website to load quickly it must be built correctly from the ground up. Images, scripts, stylesheets, codes, etc all must be optimized for the web. I'm not going to get into building a fast site from the ground up, rather, I want to discuss a few ways that you can speed up your site without changing any code.

1. Combined JavaScript and CSS files.

Most...