unmesh

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Using HTTP cache headers effectively

Hi, Some time ago , martin fowler bloged about how HTTP cache headers can be very effectively used in web site design. http://www.martinfowler.com/bliki/SegmentationByFreshness.html How actively HTTP cache headers are considered in web site design? I think it is a great tool to reduce lot of

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Benchmark for keeping data in browser in AJAX projects

Hi, We are using AJAX and see a lot of opportunity to keep session state on client browser with javascript objects. Is there any benchmark about how much data you can generally keep in javascript objects in browser? Thanks, Unmesh

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How to measure memory required for a user session

hi, What are the practices followed, tools used to measure session memory requirement per user? Thanks, Unmesh

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ID generation schemes

Hi, Generating unique ids is a common requirements in many projects. Generally, this responsibility is given to Database layer. By using sequences or some other technique. This is a problem for horizontal scalability. What are the Guid generation schemes used in high scalable web sites generally? I have seen use

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Should JSPs be avoided for high scalability?

I just heard about some web sites where Velocity templates are used to render HTML  instead of using JSPs and all the processing in performed in servlets. Can JSPs cause issue with scalability? Thanks, Unmesh

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Using ThreadLocal to pass context information around in web applications

Hi, In java web servers, each http request is handled by a thread in thread pool. So for a Servlet handling the request, a thread is assigned. It is tempting (and very convinient) to keep context information in the threadlocal variable. I recently had a requirement where we need to