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Links4Devs Links of the Day Hi! Today is Tuesday August 26 and we came across 6 links for developers we wanted to share. We hope you find them useful. Introducing Cheerio: Fast, flexible & lean implementation of core jQuery designed specifically for the server. Cheerio implements a subset of core jQuery. Cheerio removes all the DOM inconsistencies and browser cruft from the jQuery library, revealing its truly gorgeous API. ? Blazingly fast: Cheerio works with a very simple, consistent DOM model. As a result parsing, manipulating, and rendering are incredibly efficient. Preliminary end-to-end benchmarks suggest that cheerio is about 8x faster than JSDOM. read more Some Great Tips on Debugging AngularJS Apps from the Console When building AngularJS apps, it can be challenging to access data and services hidden deep in our application through the Javascript console in Chrome, Firefox, and IE. Here are some simple tricks we can use to inspect and control a running Angular app through the browser Javascript console, making it easy to test, modify, and even program our Angular app in real-time. read more Are you a Frontend Developer? Meet GRUNT: The JavaScript Task Runner The less work you have to do when performing repetitive tasks like minification, compilation, unit testing, linting, etc, the easier your job becomes. After you've configured it, a task runner can do most of that mundane work for you—and your team—with basically zero effort. read more Got a millions of records in MySQL? Then tune it up for better performance with MySQLTuner MySQLTuner is a script written in Perl that allows you to review a MySQL installation quickly and make adjustments to increase performance and stability. The current configuration variables and status data is retrieved and presented in a brief format along with some basic performance suggestions. read more Tools to test your website’s performance - Part 2 #fasterweb Analyze and optimize your website with PageSpeed tools to implement the web performance best practices. Fast and optimized pages lead to higher visitor engagement, retention, and conversions. The PageSpeed family of tools is designed to help you optimize the performance of your website. PageSpeed Insights products will help you identify performance best practices that can be applied to your site, and PageSpeed optimization tools can help you automate the process. read more Tools to test your website’s performance - Part 1 #fasterweb There are many developer oriented tools out there for testing web site performance. Many are free (free as in beer), some are open source (free as in speech), and a few are also subscription based. If you are not using performance analysis tools in your development process, I highly recommend it. Tools are what take something good and make it great (including you). read more