Smashing Magazine

APRIL 28, 2021

Image optimization , loading behavior and rendering in the browser require understanding of image formats and image compression techniques, image decoding and browser rendering, image CDNs and adaptive media loading, not to mention effective caching and preloading. Optimizing Network Requests with Caching and Preloading. +.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Build Optimizations JavaScript modules, module/nomodule pattern, tree-shaking, code-splitting, scope-hoisting, Webpack, differential serving, web worker, WebAssembly, JavaScript bundles, React, SPA, partial hydration, import on interaction, 3rd-parties, cache. From Fast By Default: Modern loading best practices by Addy Osmani (Slide 19).

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

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. From Fast By Default: Modern loading best practices by Addy Osmani (Slide 19).

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

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. Image source: Katie Hempenius ) ( Large preview ).

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 1, 2022

The most popular, by far, is the Google Lighthouse report (available in Chrome Developer Tools) and Google’s Page Speed Insights. You can adjust what browser is used, the kind of network connection to employ, the locations to test from, whether or not the browser’s cache is empty or full, how frequently to take the measurements, and more.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2019

In this screenshot below, for example, we can see that loading the Smashing Magazine website for the first time incurs just under a megabyte of data transfer. I predominantly use Nginx, and I have a particular fondness for FastCGI cache and have found it to be especially efficient. Large preview ). We should use HTTP2 over HTTPS.

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2021

We can use 11ty’s new Serverless mode to build them on request using Netlify’s On-Demand Builders to cache each Madlib. For example, an “On-Demand Builder” is a serverless function dedicated to serving a cached file. Netlify then caches that page on its edge CDN for each additional call. Large preview ). More after jump!

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Smashing Magazine

APRIL 11, 2022

We can use the preload attribute for the HTML link element to optimize loading performance by ensuring that the browser discovers the resource earlier, downloads it, and caches it. It’s common knowledge that better website performance results in more conversions, more traffic, and better user experience.

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Smashing Magazine

APRIL 9, 2019

Most sites were all hosted on a single physical server somewhere on our own hosting infrastructure, and it was the server we thought about defending when it came to security best practices. If you’re using a CMS like WordPress, I found a plugin that appears to make it easy, although I’ve not tried it myself.

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Smashing Magazine

APRIL 29, 2021

now includes an Image component with several of the above best practices baked in. will optimize images dynamically upon request and store them in a local cache. A component with similar capabilities is available for Nuxt.js. The 700px value in this example approximates the width and height of each chunked section.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

We’ve explored the concepts behind headless CMSes in detail here on Smashing Magazine, but let’s do a quick recap. But where do they preview the content before it is made available to the general public? A preview feature must be available in the pricing plan you have chosen for the headless CMS of your choice. Content Previews.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2021

When requesting data from the client-side, it is important to be mindful of a few things: the user’s network connection: avoid re-fetching data that is already available. how to handle when data is not available (server error, or no data). zero-config caching layer. what to do while waiting for the server response.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 8, 2021

Best Practices When Writing Custom Directives. It is considered best practice not to directly access a state object. Instead, use the getter function because it can be mapped into any vue component using the mapGetters behaving like a computed property with the getters result cached based on its dependencies.

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

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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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2021

Additionally, even if we knew the available physical bandwidth, that wouldn’t mean we could use all of it ourselves. Several users are typically active on a network concurrently, each of whom need a fair share of the available bandwidth. More in-depth information is available. What Does It All Mean?

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The plugin provides useful warnings and hints on the best practices. The API has been available in React, as an experimental feature, for a while but it became safe to use in React 16.3.0. Memoization simply means caching. The complete code is available on here. The useContext Hook. The useMemo Hook.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

However, many other devices are sitting between the client and the server that also have their own TCP code on board (examples include firewalls, load balancers, routers, caching servers, proxies, etc.). It combines decades of deployment experience and best practices of TCP with some core new features.

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