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Grunt is a JavaScript task runner that will help you to mini-fy the various JS files. It will make your work really less while performing repetitive tasks like minification, compilation, unit testing, linting, etc with just few lines of code you need to write in command prompt. Grunt is a task-based command line build tool for JavaScript projects. If you have a Javascript and html based project that used MVVM model and you have millions of lines of code to minimize then grunt is the key for you. Some of the p lugins Grunt can enjoy. Some of the big IT companies that uses grunt.. and Below is the starter guide provided by grunt official website to keep you jump started. have fun in grunting.  Getting started: Grunt and Grunt plugins are installed and managed via  npm , the  Node.js  package manager. Grunt 0.4.x requires Node.js version  >= 0.8.0 . Installing the CLI In order to get started, you'll want to in...

First Part :  http://www.developerscloud.org/2013/09/tips-to-increase-your-transact-sql.html 11. Use 'BETWEEN' operator instead of >= and <= operators to select data in range. 12. Wisely use the EXISTS, IN clauses in sub query select statement. - IN has the slowest performance as data is filtered between the range. - IN is efficient when most of the filter criteria is in the sub-query. - EXISTS is efficient when most of the filter criteria is in the main query. 13. Avoid 'NOT IN' in select clause. Because when we use “NOT IN” in SQL queries, the query optimizer uses 'Nested table scan' technique  to perform the activity 14. Use Stored Procedure, functions(UDF) and views instead of heavy-duty queries. - The application must first convert the binary value into a character string (which doubles its size, thus increasing network traffic and taking more time) before it can be sent to the server. And when the  server receives the charac...