Smashing Magazine

JUNE 20, 2019

Optimizing Google Fonts Performance. Optimizing Google Fonts Performance. The Google Fonts API does more than just provide the font files to the browser, it also performs a smart check to see how it can deliver the files in the most optimized format. Browser Caching. Danny Cooper. 2019-06-20T11:00:16+02:00.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

At the limit, statically generated, edge delivered, and HTML-first pages look like the optimal strategy. We work with millions of merchants, and as many companies, we obsess about storefront performance. We obsess even more about finding the optimal balance between performance, capabilities, and merchants’ business objectives.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Front-End Performance Checklist 2019 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]. Front-End Performance Checklist 2019 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]. Web performance is a tricky beast, isn’t it? How do we actually know where we stand in terms of performance, and what our performance bottlenecks exactly are? Vitaly Friedman.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 29, 2021

Without build optimizations (incremental builds, caching, we will get to those soon) this will eventually become unmanageable as well — think about going through all images in a website: resizing, deleting, and/or creating new files over and over again. The cache is invalidated on a time basis. Creating an On-Demand builder.

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Definitely read up on the strategy and reasoning behind this stack in the first article if you missed it. 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. Unoptimized, full-size JPEG is around 1.2

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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. 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.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

That is why, today, Web Performance is as important and trendy as having an online presence. Table of Contents: What Is Web Performance? What Is Web Performance? Web performance refers to the speed at which a website loads, how fast it’s downloaded, and how an app is displayed on the user’s browser. Conclusion.

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Smashing Magazine

MARCH 19, 2021

Working around improving performance was an ongoing journey on SmashingMag for a while. In the end of last year we’ve noticed that we’ve seen quite a drop in performance in 2020, so we rolled up our sleeves and got to work. Gael Metais suggested to more aggressively subset web fonts and look into caching issues with our AVIF files.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 8, 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. Image Decoding Performance. +. Measuring Image Performance. +.

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Smashing Magazine

MAY 16, 2022

To my surprise, web performance monitoring conversations rarely surface Server-Timing or cover a very shallow understanding of its application — despite it being out for many years. Web browsers expose a global Performance Timeline API to inspect details about specific metrics/events that have happened during the page lifecycle.

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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. Image Decoding Performance. +. Measuring Image Performance. +.

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Even if none of the page content is delivered from your platform or servers, so long as the JavaScript code you are using for analytics or performance tracking loads, you can still get data about the page view. Search Engine And Web Archive Cached Results. This is the key to tracking imposter domains with web analytics or RUM data.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

As a result, she came back to me concerned with publishing a post on a strategy her agency had yet to adopt successfully. Developers are already optimizing front end performance with: Fast web hosting. So, I would suggest being careful if you’re hoping to use a single-page design to solve your website’s performance woes.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 25, 2020

Today, we’ll address storing and serving files for both single-server and scalable deployments while considering factors like compression, caching, and availability. This strategy is very simple and closely resembles the development environment, but cannot handle large or inconsistent amounts of traffic effectively.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

MB , that suggests I’ve got around 29 pages in my budget, although probably a few more than that if I’m able to stay on the same sites and leverage browser caching. Throughout the experiment I will suggest performance tips to speed up the first contentful paint and perceived loading time of the page. Performance Tip #3: Less Is More.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 1, 2022

You may have a lean, agile, responsive site design only to find it gradually loaded down with more and more “extras” that are often put onto the site by marketing departments or business leaders who are not always thinking about website performance. Measuring Performance Impact. You cannot always anticipate what you cannot control.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

Refactoring CSS: Optimizing Size And Performance (Part 3). Refactoring CSS: Optimizing Size And Performance (Part 3). In previous articles from this series, we’ve covered auditing CSS codebase health and the incremental CSS refactoring strategy , testing, and maintenance. Part 2: CSS Strategy, Regression Testing And Maintenance.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Users who opened a PWA from a smartphone’s browser might even not be aware that they’re using a progressive web app, assuming that it’s just a well-performing site. Far from perfect site speed and performance are common pain points for many Magento stores, which are usually massive and complicated. Large preview ). Large preview ).

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Improving The Performance Of Wix Websites (Case Study). Improving The Performance Of Wix Websites (Case Study). It was at this point that we realized we needed to make a significant change in our approach towards performance, and that we must embrace performance as part of our culture. Dan Shappir. Large preview ).

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Plus, now that Google has made mobile-first indexing the default, you really can’t afford to let any performance optimizations fall by the wayside what with how difficult it can be to get your mobile site as speedy as your desktop. The Necessity Of An Image Optimization Strategy For Mobile. Here is what this strategy should entail: 1.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

I vividly remember receiving a PC Magazine for my birthday with a trial of Dreamweaver. Ben and Mena Trott created MovableType because of a “Dissatisfacion with existing blog CMSes — performance, stability.” Smashing Magazine powered by Netlify. We can see all the bones of modern Jamstack CMSs here. Government.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2019

In conclusion, a schema-based API such as GraphQL and a component-based API such as PoP are similarly good concerning performance, and superior to a resource-based API such as REST. Native Client-Side Cache/Data Store. Recommended reading : Understanding And Using REST APIs. Particular Properties Of A Component-Based API.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2021

Cache Merril. The roadmap helps them define how a new IT tool, process, or technology supports their business strategy and growth and aligns projects with short and long-term goals. Unlike traditional software development approaches, Agile focuses on the strategy, not the plan. How To Develop Your Business’ Technology Roadmap.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2021

But these strategies should fit the vast majority of apps around with little to no adjustments. If you have multiple pieces of state defined in a single context, you may start running into performance issues. zero-config caching layer. This article is intended to be used as a primer for managing complex states in a Next.js

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

If after the previous two parts — HTTP/3 history and core concepts and HTTP/3 performance features — you’re convinced that starting to use the new protocols is a good idea (and you should be!), HTTP/3 performance features. then this final piece includes all you need to know to get started!

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