---
title: "The Developer Show — TL;DR 026"
description: "The Google Developer Show, episode 026. Topics include Improve Scroll Performance and Ruby on Google App Engine goes beta."
doc_version: "1.0"
last_updated: "2016-05-13"
canonical: "https://timothyjordan.com/blog/2016/05/13/DevShow-026.html"
---
# The Developer Show — TL;DR 026

_Published May 13, 2016_

> The Google Developer Show, episode 026. Topics include Improve Scroll Performance and Ruby on Google App Engine goes beta.

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Highlights: New APIs for Scroll Performance, Ruby on Google App Engine goes Beta! Have a question? Use #AskDevShow to let us know!

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  <figcaption>TL;DR 026 — May 13th, 2016</figcaption>
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#### [Improve Scroll Performance](http://blog.chromium.org/2016/05/new-apis-to-help-developers-improve.html?utm_campaign=devshow_series_improvescrollperf_051316&utm_source=medium&utm_medium=blog)

Studies have shown that an increase in performance leads to happier, more engaged users. Which is why you should [check out this post](http://blog.chromium.org/2016/05/new-apis-to-help-developers-improve.html?utm_campaign=devshow_series_improvescrollperf_051316&utm_source=medium&utm_medium=blog) on the new APIs in Chrome to help you improve scroll performance.

#### [Ruby on Google App Engine goes beta](https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2016/05/Ruby-on-Google-App-Engine-goes-betaruntime.html?utm_campaign=devshow_series_rubygoesbeta_051316&utm_source=medium&utm_medium=blog)

Frameworks like Ruby on Rails and Sinatra make it easy for developers to rapidly build web applications and APIs for the cloud and App Engine provides an easy to use platform for developers to build, deploy, manage, and automatically scale services on Google’s infrastructure. Which is why we’re excited that Ruby runtime on Google App Engine is going beta. For more details and links to the getting started guides, samples, and interactive tutorials, [check out the post](https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2016/05/Ruby-on-Google-App-Engine-goes-betaruntime.html?utm_campaign=devshow_series_rubygoesbeta_051316&utm_source=medium&utm_medium=blog).

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