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Performance Game Changer: Browser Back/Forward Cache

Smashing Magazine

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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Three Front-End Auditing Tools I Discovered Recently

Smashing Magazine

Are all the caching headers set correctly? These are only a few questions to consider when having the goal of building a fast website. But how do you find all these things causing performance issues? But how do you find all these things causing performance issues? It’s a perfect companion to build a high-quality website.

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How Google PageSpeed Works: Improve Your Score and Search Engine Ranking

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This article is from my friend Ben who runs Calibre , a tool for monitoring the performance of websites. Cache-Headers missing? Lighthouse records metrics from the browser, applies a scoring model to them, and presents an overall performance score. Like PageSpeed, Lighthouse also has a performance score.

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How To Boost Resource Loading With The New Priority Hint `fetchpriority`

Smashing Magazine

JavaScript, CSS, images, iframes, and other resources impact how quickly website loads, renders and becomes usable to the user. Loading experience is crucial to the user’s first impression and overall usability, so Google defined Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) metric to measure how quickly the main content loads and is displayed to the user.

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Answering Common Questions About Interpreting Page Speed Reports

Smashing Magazine

But do you know how Lighthouse calculates performance metrics like First Contentful Paint (FCP), Total Blocking Time (TBT), and Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)? There’s a handy calculator linked up in the report summary that lets you adjust performance values to see how they impact the overall score. But it comes with caveats.

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Average Page Load Time in 2021

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Website performance & speed plays a major role in the success of an online business. High-performing fast sites attract and preserve users better than low-performing ones. Importance of page loading speed – Google checks your website load time and they like it as fast with a better user experience.

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A Guide To Image Optimization On Jamstack Sites

Smashing Magazine

It has never been easier to build a personalized website, digitalize a product and start seeing results. 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. The Relation Between Images And Web Performance.

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