#performance (213 links)
- Return of the HTTP overhead delay - this time without a server side component - Wait till I come! wait-till-i.com
Following my post yesterday about delaying the loading of avatar images to cut down on HTTP requests I was wondering if there is a way to do this without having to resort to a server side solution.
- Pingdom Tools tools.pingdom.com
Loads a complete HTML page including all objects (images, CSS, JavaScripts, RSS, Flash and frames/iframes). It mimics the way a page is loaded in a web browser. The load time of all objects is shown visually with time bars.
- alphaWorks : IBM Page Detailer : Overview alphaworks.ibm.com
Graphical tool that enables Web site developers and editors to rapidly and accurately assess performance from the client's perspective.
- mindtangle » Blog Archive » Optimizing the Frontend mindtangle.net
Notes from O’Reilly’s Web 2.0 Expo. The workshop was “High Performance Webpages,” a dense, three-hour session with two leads on Yahoo!’s front-end optimization team.
- 14 rules for fast web pages (Skrentablog) skrenta.com
14 rules for faster front end performance
- 5 Question Interview with Twitter Developer Alex Payne radicalbehavior.com
Comments lead into an interesting-ish discussion about scaling problems with RoR.
- Speed Up Your Javascript Load Time | BetterExplained betterexplained.com
Javascript is becoming increasingly popular on websites, from loading dynamic data via AJAX to adding special effects to your page. Unfortunately, these features come at a price.
A PHP script which takes care of merging files on the fly whilst also versioning the merged file automatically as the various component files change.
It turns out that most of web page performance is affected by front-end engineering, that is, the user interface design and development.
"For many sites that reference dozens of external objects, the majority of the page load time is spent in separate HTTP requests for images, javascript, and stylesheets. AJAX probably could help, but speeding up or eliminating these separate HTTP requests
- Performance Boosting XP kadaitcha.cx