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Suli S
1,475 PointsWhy learning Ruby and RoR for web development?
I noticed that Treehouse is slow compared to other websites. Is this because Treehouse was built using RoR? and why should I learn Ruby and RoR instead of other technologies if this one will make my website slow?
1 Answer
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsIt's not because of Ruby. Most of a website's speed is made or lost in it's database communications, it's assets it has to load, what can or is cached, whether a CDN is used, or not.
Treehouse was slow the first day, but since that day, the speed of this site has been on par with other super sites like Facebook for load times.
It's not the language that makes a site slow, it's the developer(s) -- (designers too).
Suli S
1,475 PointsSuli S
1,475 Pointshttp://www.speedtest.net/ Check this and let me know about your download speed please?
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsKevin Korte
28,149 Points21ms ping, 40.03 mbps down, 4.14mbps up.
Suli S
1,475 PointsSuli S
1,475 PointsOK this is why you see no difference between Treehouse and other sites. My download speed is 8 mbps. However, all other sites are OK except Treehouse!
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsKevin Korte
28,149 PointsI was on 7mbps forever. Only things I've really noticed a nice increase on where video buffering like Netflix and YouTube.
In your browser console, what does it say the pageload times are as you navigate the site. Mine tend to hover around 2-3 seconds