Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2021

There are many key performance indicators (KPI) that measure different points during the lifecycle of the web page (such as TTFB, domInteractive and onload ), but these metrics don’t reflect how the end-user experiences the page. Barry Pollard has written an excellent in-depth article about CLS.

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Smashing Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

However, as the world’s most popular browser and the only browser feeding back the Core Web Vitals information for any search ranking boasting, Chrome getting this (finally, some might say) is important. With that caveat out of the way, let’s get to the guts of the article: What is the Back/Forward Cache and why does it matter so much?

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2023

Modern Methods For Improving Drupal’s Largest Contentful Paint Core Web Vital Modern Methods For Improving Drupal’s Largest Contentful Paint Core Web Vital Mike Herchel 2023-08-15T10:00:00+00:00 2023-08-15T13:35:08+00:00 Let’s start with a fairly common example of a hero component on the homepage of Drupal’s demo installation of the Umami theme.

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Tasktop

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A glowing Forbes article. A competitor’s beaming blog on their scaling agile success; often a SAFe journey (or any investment in a methodology) starts with FOMO. Organizations can get caught in the trap of using SAFe terminology without really changing the way that they work. A jaw-dropping keynote.

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Speed Curve

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Steve told us to focus on the front-end! ;) Well, a lot has changed over the years, including the ability to get more detailed information from the server on the user agent through the use of Server Timing. However, wider adoption has only just started to take off. Also measured by round trip time (RTT). I mean, why wouldn't we?

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Official Blog - World Web Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

This article will explain why most companies and their software developers use SDLC to manage their development process. Before we start with the details, let’s first understand the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) concept. We shall discuss the STLC facts in our next article. What is SDLC?

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CSS Wizardry

APRIL 25, 2019

I don’t think this article is definitive or gospel. It helps to quell the nerves, shows that you’re proactive, and gives you a head start. If emails are between you and a recruiter, there’s a strong chance that you will not be getting interviewed by them. Use your emails to get a sense of the person: are they formal or informal?

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Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2020

If you’re ready to get stuck in, read on. Get Ready: A Healthy Mindset. Get Ready: A Healthy Mindset. Before you even start, understand everyone likely has a role to play. Join The Community Guides like this cover as much as they can but there’s no getting away from the fact that SEO is constantly evolving.

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CSS Wizardry

JULY 23, 2023

Google’s Core Web Vitals initiative was launched in May of 2020 and, since then, its role in Search has morphed and evolved as roll-outs have been made and feedback has been received. Need to get this message across to your entire company? All Core Web Vitals data used to rank you is taken from actual Chrome-based traffic to your site.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

For example, later in this article, we’ll be developing a web toy that flips a webpage upside down making it readable for Australians. When developing locally, it can be a pain to simulate wildcard domains and we’ll be touching on this a fair bit later on in this article but it is something important to keep in mind. More after jump!

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Smashing Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We can use it to report the load time of elements on the page, even going so far as to report on Core Web Vitals metrics in real time. Browser Support Warning Before we get started, a quick word about browser support. But as far as Core Web Vitals go, we’re going to want to work in Chrome for the most part as we go along.

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Smashing Magazine

APRIL 16, 2024

How To Monitor And Optimize Google Core Web Vitals How To Monitor And Optimize Google Core Web Vitals Matt Zeunert 2024-04-16T10:00:00+00:00 2024-04-16T12:05:36+00:00 This article is sponsored by DebugBear Google’s Core Web Vitals initiative has increased the attention website owners need to pay to user experience.

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Answering Common Questions About Interpreting Page Speed Reports Answering Common Questions About Interpreting Page Speed Reports Geoff Graham 2023-10-31T16:00:00+00:00 2023-10-31T17:06:18+00:00 This article is sponsored by DebugBear Running a performance check on your site isn’t too terribly difficult. That’s what this article is about.

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Smashing Magazine

APRIL 19, 2021

An In-Depth Guide To Measuring Core Web Vitals. An In-Depth Guide To Measuring Core Web Vitals. Google has announced that from 1st May, they will start to consider “Page Experience” as part of Search ranking , as measured by a set of metrics called Core Web Vitals. What Are The Core Web Vitals?

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Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Preparing For Interaction To Next Paint, A New Web Core Vital Preparing For Interaction To Next Paint, A New Web Core Vital Geoff Graham 2023-12-07T21:00:00+00:00 2023-12-08T00:07:18+00:00 This article is sponsored by DebugBear There’s a change coming to the Core Web Vitals lineup. That’s what this article is all about.

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Smashing Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

In my last article , I suggested using the SaveData API to deliver a different, more performant, experience to users that expressed that desire. In this article, I want to spend a bit more time on this, and also look at other signals we can similarly use to help us make decisions on what to load on our websites. Barry Pollard.

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Smashing Magazine

MAY 12, 2022

Recently Noam Rosenthal published two articles analyzing the common benefits and capabilities provided by various frameworks , and also their associated costs. I highly recommend checking out these articles. Collecting Core Web Vitals From The Field. Large preview ). This also increases their importance.

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Scalegrid

MARCH 8, 2024

This article delivers a practical roadmap for using backups and binary logs to achieve accurate MySQL recovery, detailed steps for setting up your server, and tips for managing recovery and backups effectively without overwhelming you with complexity. Data loss or corruption can be daunting. Each caters to specific needs.

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Speed Curve

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Interaction to Next Paint (INP) will become a Core Web Vital on March 12th. INP measures how responsive a page is to visitor interactions. It measures the elapsed time between a tap, a click, or a keypress and the browser next painting to the screen. Opening a guest profile in Chrome 2. Recording a profile 5.

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The platform we used for our e-commerce sites was based on ASP.NET and when visitors started to expect more interaction, we added React for the front-end. Core Web Vitals are important, even more so in e-commerce. This is also a risk because you can easily get too focused on productivity and neglect the maintainability of your code.

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Speed Curve

MAY 1, 2023

Let's get started! As the person responsible for the performance of this page, you don't want to see it get worse than this while you work to make things faster. They answer the question "How can I keep my site from getting slower while I work toward my performance goals?" Background: How performance budgets work 1.

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Smashing Magazine

MAY 17, 2021

How We Improved Our Core Web Vitals (Case Study). How We Improved Our Core Web Vitals (Case Study). Last year, Google started emphasizing the importance of Core Web Vitals and how they reflect a person’s real experience when visiting sites around the web. Beau Hartshorne. 2021-05-17T11:30:00+00:00. Large preview ).

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Fight For The Main Thread The Fight For The Main Thread Geoff Graham 2023-10-24T18:00:00+00:00 2023-10-24T22:02:26+00:00 This article is sponsored by SpeedCurve Performance work is one of those things, as they say, that ought to happen in development. It’s “single-threaded,” which is how we get the one-way street comparison.

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Speed Curve

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

One of the great things about Google's Core Web Vitals is that they provide a standard way to measure our visitors’ experience. Core Web Vitals can answer questions like: When was the largest element displayed? Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) measures when the largest visual element (image or video) finishes rendering.

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Speed Curve

MARCH 7, 2022

If you've been working in the performance space for a while and you hear me start to talk about page growth, I'd forgive you if you started running away. ;). How does page bloat affect other metrics, such as Google's Core Web Vitals? Not all pages are getting bigger. How does page bloat affect Core Web Vitals?

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Alex Russell

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

They understood that most websites lack tight latency budgeting, dedicated performance teams, hawkish management reviews, ship gates to prevent regressions, and end-to-end measurements of critical user journeys. SSR is vital because SPAs take a long time to start up, and you aren't using our vapourware to split your code effectively.

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CSS - Tricks

JUNE 25, 2020

And it’s not just “I can’t use CSS grid because IE 11 has 1.42% of global usage still” stuff, it’s about measuring metrics that matter to your site, no matter what they are. “ I bet I can get rid of this one extra request ,” I think. I get why Google has to guess. Very clever.

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Speed Curve

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Continued focus on Core Web Vitals. Google's Core Web Vitals have been a huge topic this year. In the past year we've expanded your tracking, budgeting, and alerting capabilities to help you get more insight into how these metrics measure user experience on your site. Watch a video walkthrough of the Vitals dashboard.).

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Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

If you’re responsible for the overall performance and success of a mobile application, you likely have many KPIs to measure and monitor, along with business KPI tracking. This article is part two of the mobile application monitoring series covering the benefits the Dynatrace platform provides for mobile application owners.

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MachMetrics

JUNE 30, 2021

In this article, we will particularly look at the average page load time in 2021 and importance of web vitals. However, when a page returns a good grade on speed testing tools most of the time the page tends to loads relatively faster than those unable to get better speed test tool grades.

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CSS Wizardry

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

So many false starts, tedious workflows, and a complete lack of efficiency really made it difficult for me to find momentum. In a bid to address this, I introduced a new tool into my arsenal so that I could hit the ground running much faster, and get answers to my clients much sooner. Let’s start with the gold standard: WebPageTest.

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CSS - Tricks

JULY 27, 2021

Web performance work is twofold: Step 1) Measure Things & Explore Problems Step 2) Fix it. Of course, after all that, I couldn’t get them out of my head, so I had to spring into action and do the Step 2 stuff as soon as I could, and I’m happy to report I’ve done most of it and seen improvement. > elements.

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Scalegrid

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Pagination is beneficial in splitting such collections of information, including products, users, articles, etc., Indexing Strategies for Cursor Pagination Query Results For optimal pagination performance in MongoDB, indexing is of vital importance. You get the idea. As your offset increases, this process gets slower and slower.

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CSS - Tricks

JUNE 1, 2021

Testing is one of those things that you either get super excited about or kinda close your eyes and walk away. I’m going to cover the most popular and widely used types of tests in this article. I’m going to cover the most popular and widely used types of tests in this article. OK, let’s get started! Integration.

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Smashing Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

Here’s another article about reducing JavaScript dependencies and the bundle size sent to the client. This article is about a couple of things that Bookaway faced and we (as a company in the traveling industry) managed to optimize our pages, so that the HTML we send is smaller. Liran Cohen. 2021-05-05T10:30:00+00:00.

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

So, when people first started talking about the Internet having similar carbon emissions to the airline industry , I was a bit skeptical. When I started writing this article, however, I performed a little thought experiment: How many pieces of hardware does a signal travel through from the computer I’m writing at to get outside of the house?

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CSS - Tricks

AUGUST 18, 2020

However, I needed some JavaScript in my RSS feed app in order to get a toggleable mobile nav to work. So it’s vital to understand that the results you’re going to see are intended to inform you on how you architect your applications, and how the effects of your framework choices could scale when it comes to runtime performance.

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