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Search Engine Optimization Checklist (PDF)

Smashing Magazine

Implementing SEO best practice doesn’t just give you the best chance possible of ranking well in search engines; it makes your websites better by scrutinizing quality, design, accessibility, and speed, among other things. Following best practice usually means a better website, more organic traffic, and happier visitors.

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Performance Game Changer: Browser Back/Forward Cache

Smashing Magazine

WebPageTest is one of the few web performance testing tools that actually tests a reload of the page using a primed HTTP Cache — most of the other tools just flag if your HTTP resources are not explicitly set to be cached. 400 pages , jam-packed with in-depth user research and best practices.

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Refactoring CSS: Strategy, Regression Testing And Maintenance (Part 2)

Smashing Magazine

Of course, any unintended side-effects and bugs can still happen and these should be caught with the visual regression testing tools which we’ll cover in one of the following sections of the article. We’ll develop the card component in isolation and use the agreed standards and best practices. Large preview ).

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Email Testing Flow As It Should Be

Smashing Magazine

It is recommended to follow rules and best practices of building and sending emails. In general, you should test your mail server when you establish a new integration, change your setup, or maintain your own email sending infrastructure. Spell checkers and content testing tools are helpful for emails as well.

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HTTP/3: Practical Deployment Options (Part 3)

Smashing Magazine

You would, however, be hard-pressed even today to find a good article that details the nuanced best practices. This is because, as I stated in the introduction to part 1 , much of the early HTTP/2 content was overly optimistic about how well it would work in practice, and some of it, quite frankly, had major mistakes and bad advice.

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2019 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]

Smashing Magazine

Time to Interactive (TTI) The point at which layout has stabilized, key webfonts are visible, and the main thread is available enough to handle user input — basically the time mark when a user can interact with the UI. Real User Monitoring ( RUM ) tools evaluate user interactions continuously and collect field data (e.g.

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2021

Smashing Magazine

Usually, the most specific and relevant ones are: Time to Interactive (TTI) The point at which layout has stabilized , key webfonts are visible, and the main thread is available enough to handle user input — basically the time mark when a user can interact with the UI. Lighthouse , Calibre , WebPageTest ) and. Large preview ).