January 2007 Blog Posts (2)

Adding Stats Tracking Code to Your Site

The instructions here are now out of date; analytics and other tracking code can be added via the tracking code link in the manage page.

Ning sites include a handy snapshot of visitor and referral links that you can access through the Manage button; sometimes though you want something that will provide a bit more detail. Adding tracking code for Google Analytics or another stats package is… Continue

Added by Phil McCluskey on January 16, 2007 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Better Names for Martin Fowler’s “Refactoring Smells”

Martin Fowler's Refactoring (1999) is a landmark book for software engineering. It is a catalog of techniques for cleaning up code. Unfortunately, this remarkable book is tarnished by some frivolous names chosen for its list of "refactoring smells" (anti-patterns). Unlike the memorable pattern names from… Continue

Added by Jonathan Aquino on January 13, 2007 at 2:20am — No Comments