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The psychology of site speed and human happiness

Speed Curve

In the fourteen years that I've been working in the web performance industry, I've done a LOT of research, writing, and speaking about the psychology of page speed – in other words, why we crave fast, seamless online experiences. In fairness, that was in the early 2000s, and site speed was barely on anyone's radar.

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How do you decide your approach for mobile website testing?

Testsigma

The daily media consumption on mobile devices has grown by 504 percent since 2011[2]. This essentially means that your website should not only be mobile-friendly but it should also have a Responsive Web Design so that your target customers can access your products (or services) with ultra-ease on their hand-held devices.

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JavaScript growth and third parties

Speed Curve

JavaScript is the main cause for making websites slow. In the chart below, based on an analysis from the HTTP Archive , we see the number of requests has increased for both first and third party JavaScript since 2011. The following chart shows the growth in the total size of JavaScript from 2011. million sites tested on desktop.)

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Top Frontend Frameworks

KeyCDN

Frontend frameworks let you hit the ground running when developing a new website. Then again, a newer but less widely known framework may more effectively suit your needs, so it's worth it to get up to speed about today's most popular options. Responsive support ensures that websites are supported across all devices.

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Advent Calendars For Web Designers And Developers (December 2021 Edition)

Smashing Magazine

If you’re already familiar with the HTMHell website, then you can guess how interesting its advent calendar is going to get! Good ol’ PerfPlanet is back for another season with all things speed and web performance. Accessible websites are simply better websites. Mark Fowler’s website. 24 Pull Requests” on GitHub.

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MongoDB Database Backup: Best Practices & Expert Tips

Percona

example.net --port=27017 --username=user --authenticationDatabase=admin --db=demo --collection=events --out=/opt/backup/mongodump-2011-10-24 Note : If we don’t specify the DB name or Collection name explicitly in the above “mongodump” syntax then the backup will be taken for the entire database or collections, respectively.

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The average web page is 3MB. How much should we care?

Speed Curve

They don't represent the "typical" website, because there's no such thing as a typical website. Here you can see page growth from 2011 to now, broken out by content type: The first thing that jumps out is the large amount of page real estate being taken up by video. They represent trends – that's all. It's an eye-opener.

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