From 39e0d811b7a99112414c924a52ef196e5f22e6b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: claudiob Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 17:17:29 +0200 Subject: Improve the "Caching with Rails" guide's introduction [ci skip] --- guides/source/caching_with_rails.md | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'guides/source') diff --git a/guides/source/caching_with_rails.md b/guides/source/caching_with_rails.md index 9d03b522bb..07dce1af56 100644 --- a/guides/source/caching_with_rails.md +++ b/guides/source/caching_with_rails.md @@ -3,12 +3,24 @@ Caching with Rails: An Overview =============================== -This guide is an introduction to speeding up your Rails app with caching. +This guide is an introduction to speeding up your Rails application with caching. + +Caching means to store content generated during the request-response cycle and +to reuse it when responding to similar requests. + +Caching is often the most effective way to boost an application's performance. +Through caching, web sites running on a single server with a single database +can sustain a load of thousands of concurrent users. + +Rails provides a set of caching features out of the box. This guide will teach +you the scope and purpose of each one of them. Master these techniques and your +Rails applications can serve millions of views without exorbitant response times +or server bills. After reading this guide, you will know: -* Page and action caching. * Fragment and Russian doll caching. +* How to manage the caching dependencies. * Alternative cache stores. * Conditional GET support. -- cgit v1.2.3