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BackTweet. Fridge. Border. Web Fonts v2. Dissecting Google's Advice on Designing for Performance - O'Reilly Answers. Even Google Is Not Always Right In the generally excellent Android Developers documentation site, we came across one article that stands out for containing some advice that, in some cases, harms more than it helps, and other advice that doesn't help enough to matter.

Dissecting Google's Advice on Designing for Performance - O'Reilly Answers

It's called Designing for Performance. Recently, the Designing for Performance article was improved by the addition of an exerpt from Josh Bloch's book Effective Java, 2nd. Ed., but then, nonetheless, goes on to provide some off-target advice. Performance is important, but so is clarity and avoiding idiosyncratic coding style, so here we will go point by point through the main topics of that article and provide in-depth guidance on how to achieve both clean code and a responsive, efficient application. Cl - Project Hosting on Google Code. Google Earth revives ancient Rome. Google has added a new twist to its popular 3D map tool, Google Earth, offering millions of users the chance to visit a virtual ancient Rome.

Google Earth revives ancient Rome

Google has reconstructed the sprawling city - inhabited by more than one million people as long ago as AD320. Users can zoom around the map to visit the Forum of Julius Caesar, stand in the centre of the Colosseum or swoop over the Basilica.