Archives: code

Monday, May 27, 2019

Performance Enhancements to the New Carleton Home Page

A lot of what is new about the 2019 iteration of the Carleton home page can be found in the code base. We placed a large amount of importance on performance for the new redesign. Here are some of the changes implemented this time around in this area. This is a technical post summarizing... More

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Load Testing with Artillery

In the ITS department the servers that run our mission critical software need routine maintenance and replacement. When we replace computer hardware we work with the vendor to know what performance level to expect, but these numbers are calculated in laboratory conditions. Real world implementation is very different from an isolated testing... More

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

New Technology in the New Year

With a top secret project in the works, and necessity being the mother of invention, we will be embarking on a brave new experiment in 2019. Like many Canadian universities, Web Services at Carleton has traditionally worked in the world of WordPress. WordPress offers a valuable solution to the traditional problem of a multi-page,... More

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