Episode #11 - Advanced HTTP Caching




RailsLab : Scaling Rails show

Summary: Once you have a firm grasp of the 3 header tags we talked about in the previous episode (max-age, etags, and last_modified) you can start to take advantage of reverse proxy caches. In this episode we let you know exactly what a proxy cache is, and how you might use it to effectively scale a dynamic website to millions of users. Play Video (44 MB, 14:20, MP4)