Smashing Magazine

APRIL 28, 2021

Optimizing Network Requests with Caching and Preloading. +. Downloading files such as images or videos over the network can be slow and costly. HTTP caching, service workers, image spriting, and preloading help optimize network requests. Image Content Delivery Networks. +. Large view. Table Of Contents. ePUB, Kindle, PDF.

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Smashing Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

Smaller HTML means less time for Google to download and process those long strings of text. In this article, I’ll explain: how we found the HTML size is too big; how it got reduced; the benefits of this process (i.e. That way, the user can start the process of painting the largest content paint ASAP. Large preview ).

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Smashing Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Projects built using JavaScript-based frameworks often ship large bundles of JavaScript that take time to download, parse and execute, blocking page render and user input in the process. This problem is more apparent on unreliable and slow networks and lower-end devices. Estimated load times for a makeshift JavaScript application.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2019

This includes the work done by the server, the client and the intermediary communications networks that transmit data between the two. All of the major browsers provide developer tools that allow us to measure network activity. Reduce Network Requests. Data transfer is one thing that we can measure quite easily. Large preview ).

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

So, if we created an overview of all the things we have to keep in mind when improving performance — from the very start of the process until the final release of the website — what would that list look like? Also, as Patrick Meenan suggested, it’s worth to plan out a loading sequence and trade-offs during the design process.

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Now, let’s dive into the technical features and best practices that my team adopted in the process of building the WaterBear web app. I plan on sharing specifically what I learned from performance and accessibility practices as a first-time lead developer of a team , as well as what I wish I had known before we started.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Networking, HTTP/2, HTTP/3 OCSP stapling, EV/DV certificates, packaging, IPv6, QUIC, HTTP/3. Micro-optimizations are great for keeping performance on track, but it’s critical to have clearly defined targets in mind — measurable goals that would influence any decisions made throughout the process. Establish a performance culture.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

So, if we created an overview of all the things we have to keep in mind when improving performance — from the very start of the process until the final release of the website — what would that list look like? Also, as Patrick Meenan suggested, it’s worth to plan out a loading sequence and trade-offs during the design process.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 8, 2021

Tools And Practices To Speed Up The Vue.js Development Process. Tools And Practices To Speed Up The Vue.js Development Process. Throughout this tutorial, we will be looking at practices that should be adopted, things that should be avoided, and have a closer look at some helpful tools to make writing Vue.js

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Smashing Magazine

APRIL 29, 2021

Lazy-load offscreen images (reduce network contention for key resources). For low impact to First Input Delay : Avoid images causing network contention with other critical resources like CSS and JS. An image gallery eagerly loading all the images it needs upfront, as shown in the Chrome DevTools Network panel. Large preview ).

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2022

That’s right; I’ve parked day-to-day design work in favor of becoming someone very active in the design community, focusing on best practice design advice and scalable systems. Are you interested in the agile design process? Prioritize Networking Over Pushing Pixels. Prioritize networking over pushing pixels.

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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. I can test this out by putting that tag in a page, and then flipping to the Network tab in my browser tools to see that the file has been loaded.

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Example: If you want to test the checkout process in an online shop, don’t perform all of the other steps, such as creating the products and categories, even though you will need them to process the checkout. Example: Finding My Articles in Smashing Magazine. I want to write a test for this website, Smashing Magazine.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

Before bringing up the refactoring proposal to the management and stakeholders, it can be useful to back up the suggestion with some hard data about the codebase health — not only to convince the management department, but also have a measurable goal for the refactoring process. Preparation And Planning.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 12, 2021

There is also the matter of convincing the management or project stakeholders to invest the time and resources into the refactoring process. Some such examples include: Decreasing code quality as more features are added due to the varying CSS skill levels within a development team and lacking internal rules, conventions, and best practices.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2021

Ethics are an important part of human-computer interaction because they keep people at the heart of the design process. Unethical practices at companies lead to the creation of technology that we all use but often neglect the influence of those intended to serve. A Code Of Ethics: The Backbone Of Ethical Practice. Devin Harold.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2021

We will, however, also be somewhat skeptical of the impact we can expect from these new features in practice. As we will see, QUIC and HTTP/3 indeed have great web performance potential, but mainly for users on slow networks. As such, even low latencies of less than 50 milliseconds can add up to considerable delays. Congestion Control.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

This type of setup is especially useful for companies that have multiple sites and want to reduce costs or simplify processes. It is intended to make development easier and simplify the process of creating a site, as well as scaling it. Ultimately all our data will be delivered through CDN networks. Amount Of Time You’ll Need.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Moving to a headless CMS is not an easy decision and the selection process should not be taken lightly. We’ve explored the concepts behind headless CMSes in detail here on Smashing Magazine, but let’s do a quick recap. WCMSes have gone through an evolution moving from a Traditional CMS to a Decoupled CMS to a headless CMS.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

We would have been able to stop bundling resources, stop sharding our resources across multiple servers, and heavily streamline the page-loading process. It also, however, takes a full network round trip to complete before anything else can be done on a connection. and lower), this typically takes two network round trips.

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Next, we’ll look at how to set up servers and clients (that’s the hard part unless you’re using a content delivery network (CDN)). You would, however, be hard-pressed even today to find a good article that details the nuanced best practices. Servers and Networks. However, if you’re still on HTTP/1.1,

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2021

To simplify this behavior, a best practice is to ensure your styles include resetting all elements to use border-box. Usually, the stable version of the property does not continue to have a prefix, but it’s best to include the prefixed version for the broadest support.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

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.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The plugin provides useful warnings and hints on the best practices. The clean-up process typically follows the form below. Particularly, when dealing with web sockets, you may need to unsubscribe from the network to save resources and improve performance when the component unmounts.

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Compression achieved is relevant because the higher the compression, the smaller the file size, and the lower the data required to transfer the image on the network. Complex compression algorithms may require higher processing power to encode/decode images. A complex decoding process can slow down the rendering of images.

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