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Performance Game Changer: Browser Back/Forward Cache

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Performance Game Changer: Browser Back/Forward Cache. Performance Game Changer: Browser Back/Forward Cache. 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? Didn’t The HTTP Cache Do All That Anyway? Barry Pollard.

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How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet

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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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Signals For Customizing Website User Experience

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Approximately two-thirds of Indian mobile Chrome users of Smashing Magazine have this setting turned on, for example. For Smashing Magazine, that involved dropping some of our web fonts. And Is It Used? Again, I talked about this that previous article , and the answer is a resounding yes! Data Saver. Network Signals. 2g , and 0.3%

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WaterBear: Building A Free Platform For Impactful Documentaries (Part 2)

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We collaborated with WaterBear and its partner companies to build a revamped and redesigned version of WaterBear’s web and mobile app from the ground up using modern front-end technologies. Now, let’s dive into the technical features and best practices that my team adopted in the process of building the WaterBear web app.

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How To Choose A Headless CMS

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We’ve explored the concepts behind headless CMSes in detail here on Smashing Magazine, but let’s do a quick recap. For example, if the CMS is built on Microsoft’s.NET Framework, the front-end website would also be built on the same technology. Look out for: A supported SDK for your choice of technology, language, and platform.

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How We Improved Our Core Web Vitals (Case Study)

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Over time, we’ve evolved through a variety of static site generators, JavaScript frameworks, and server technologies. We try to follow best practice by serving as much as we can over a CDN, avoiding as many third-party scripts as possible, and using simple SVG graphics instead of bitmap PNGs.

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Smashing Podcast Episode 44 With Chris Ferdinandi: Is The Web Dead?

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We last talked to him in July 2020 , where we asked if modern best practices about for the web. Last time we talked, we posed this question of if modern best practices, the use of reactive frameworks and these sorts of things were actually bad for the progress of the web. Drew: You want it to remain unspoiled.