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What Adrian Did Next?—?Part 2?—?Sun Microsystems

Adrian Cockcroft

I was mostly coding in C, tuning FORTRAN, and when I needed to do a lot of data analysis of benchmark results used the S-PLUS statistics language, that is the predecessor to R. Rich became co-author of the second edition of the Sun Performance Tuning book, to describe how it worked. He had it up and running on Wednesday.

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Web Performance Bookshelf

Rigor

Master the many facets of delivering high performance images on the internet—without adversely affecting site performance. Web Performance Tuning. This book from 2002 is a brilliant must read: site architecture, security, reliability, and their impact on performance. High Performance Images. Progressive Web Apps Dean.

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World’s Top Web Performance Leaders To Watch

Rigor

All together, she has written 23 books as a solo or co-author since 2002. He has a keen interest in web technologies, performance tuning, security, and the practical use of technology. She is the author of a number of books, including Get Ready for CSS Grid Layout , The New CSS Layout , and The Profitable Side Project. Doug Sillars.