Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2019

How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. You may not think about it often, but the Internet uses a colossal amount of electricity. All of the major browsers provide developer tools that allow us to measure network activity. Jack Lenox.

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Website Performance Website Energy Performance 73

Randon ASCII

JULY 11, 2022

While investigating some performance mysteries in Chrome I discovered that Microsoft had parallelized how they zero memory, and in some cases this was making it a lot slower. A bug had been filed suggesting that Chrome download speeds (such as those measured by speedtest.net ) seemed to be affected by some anti-virus software.

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Rigor

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Reading time 16 min Whether you’re a web performance expert, an evangelist for the culture of performance, a web engineer incorporating performance into your process, or someone new to the web performance entirely, you probably identify as curious, excited about new ideas, and always learning. Rick Byers.

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Testsigma

JANUARY 30, 2021

With the rapidly increasing use of smartphones and ease of access to the internet across the globe, testing has spread across vast platforms. The native and mobile web browser testing is being performed more and more compared to desktop testing. What are Mobile Web Applications? Hence, Mobile web applications are secure to use as well.

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The Morning Paper

JANUARY 30, 2020

Since we’re talking about mobile applications, we have to assume a changing environment over time, including the possibility of losing internet connectivity altogether. due to total loss of internet connectivity) then the worker needs to be restarted. The Mobile Web Worker (MWW) System. The opencv app has the largest state (4.6

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Testsigma

MAY 5, 2021

To ensure the features run uniformly across various browsers and OS versions that our users have, we should perform multi-browser testing. You can also check out our post on the most common issues one can face while performing browser compatibility tests. Let us understand the importance of multi-browser testing before we proceed.

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Speed Curve

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Understanding the importance of loading scripts asynchronously might help increase adoption of this critical performance improvement, so we're going to walk through the evolution of async script loading starting way back in 2007. The preloader is the most important performance improvement browsers ever made. Enter the Preloader.

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Testsigma

JANUARY 18, 2021

Consider a scenario where the end-users are using Internet Explorer browser to reach your website but you have not considered ‘testing on IE’ a part of your testing process! Network Throttling – If your app is built for a global audience, it is important to test the app features in varied network conditions (e.g.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

Lots can go wrong: a network request fails, a third-party library breaks, a JavaScript feature is unsupported (assuming JavaScript is even available), a CDN goes down, a user behaves unexpectedly (they double-click a submit button), the list goes on. The more enriched sentence (right) is an enhancement for when the network request succeeds.

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Network Engineering Availability Monitoring 145

Testsigma

JANUARY 13, 2021

As mobile phone usage and internet penetration continue to grow at unprecedented rates, competition amongst developers is also at all-time heights. times growth in downloads and 2.9-fold Here are a few routine testing methodologies used by QA specialists to ensure optimum performance. They also predicted a 2.6

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Mobile Strategy Testing Efficiency 54

SQL Performance

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

For years SSRS was bundled with the installation of SQL Server, which helped add to some of the confusion around licensing and support for the product, so beginning with SSRS 2017, the installation package for Reporting Services is a separate download. These topics apply to both SQL Server Reporting Services as well as Power BI Report Server.

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Tuning Servers Database Best Practices 67

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Sometimes it’s easy enough to find the answer to that question and the site just needs to invest in performance. Sometimes though, it’s a little trickier and, despite thinking your site was great on the performance for some reason it still fails. Many developers have been asking themselves that question lately. Interesting….

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

PWAs have been around for over five years, yet native applications outnumber them both in the quantity ratio and how many times users download them. 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. Image credit: Alibaba.

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Code Cache Retail Mobile 74

Alex Russell

JANUARY 30, 2024

It's time once again to update our priors regarding the global device and network situation. The usual caveats also apply: Performance is a deep and nuanced domain, and much can go wrong beyond content size and composition. How sites manage resources after-load can have a big impact on perceived performance.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

They need to deliver impeccable performance without breaking the bank.According to recent industry statistics, global streaming has seen an uptick of 30% in the past year, underscoring the importance of efficient CDN architecture strategies. This is where a well-architected Content Delivery Network (CDN) shines.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

They need to deliver impeccable performance without breaking the bank.According to recent industry statistics, global streaming has seen an uptick of 30% in the past year, underscoring the importance of efficient CDN architecture strategies. This is where a well-architected Content Delivery Network (CDN) shines.

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Alex Russell

JUNE 22, 2022

Past swings away from OS default browsers have hinged on the superior features , better performance , improved security , and adequate site compatibility that come from switching. Without the ability to differentiate on features, security, performance, and privacy, what's to sell? What are those mechanisms? A slightly different UI ?

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Otherwise, the user may have to wait extra seconds from uploading/downloading an image to/from a distant location. Otherwise, our site will suffer an overhead from data traveling among different companies’ networks. Creating The Bucket. Large preview ). Large preview ). Connecting To AWS Through The SDK.

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SQL Server According to Bob

JULY 13, 2016

Run our Basic Installer.EXE and you can install the SQL Server Engine with only these three screens: Note : For Developer Edition, please be sure to look for this important note to use the new Basic Installer vs the ISO download: New! I’ll talk more about the Custom and Download Media options later in this post. That is click #1.

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Testsigma

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A good browser, good apps, a good camera, and fast networking in your smartphone are just expected today. Browsers – Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, Edge, UC Browser, Opera, etc. However, when cross-browser testing will be performed there will be defects and code changes. – Thorsten Heins.

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Testing Website Mobile Testing Tools 52

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2021

HTTP/3: Performance Improvements (Part 2). HTTP/3: Performance Improvements (Part 2). In this second part, we will zoom in on the performance improvements that QUIC and HTTP/3 bring to the table for web-page loading. HTTP/3 performance features ( current article ). Robin Marx. 2021-08-23T06:20:00+00:00.

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The only time the Internet was mentioned was as a tool for communicating with one another without the need to chop down more trees, or for working without a commute. So, when people first started talking about the Internet having similar carbon emissions to the airline industry , I was a bit skeptical. Performance And Emissions.

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Smashing Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Improving JavaScript Bundle Performance With Code-Splitting. Improving JavaScript Bundle Performance With Code-Splitting. 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. Performance Costs.

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Code Performance Network Website 89

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

Often they make it seem as if HTTP/3 is a revolution in performance, while it is really a more modest (yet still useful!) It was heralded as an amazing performance revolution, with exciting new features such as server push, parallel streams, and prioritization. HTTP/3 performance features ( coming up soon! ). Did You Know?

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Transportation Internet Internet Network 145

Tim Kadlec

JANUARY 9, 2019

One question I’ve seen posed a few times in the past several months is whether performance really is a moral or ethical concern, or if that’s all heavy-handed exaggeration. When you stop to consider all the implications of poor performance, it’s hard not to come to the conclusion that poor performance is an ethical issue.

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Performance Energy Internet Internet 111

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Web applications rely on databases to run the internet, powering everything from e-commerce platforms to social media networks to streaming services. MySQL is one of the most popular database management systems, playing a pivotal role in the functionality and performance of web applications.

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Smashing Magazine

MARCH 9, 2020

Web performance advocates have often advised to add dimensions to your images for best performance to allow the page to be laid out with the appropriate space for the image, before the image itself has been downloaded. Barry Pollard. 2020-03-09T11:30:00+00:00. 2020-03-09T13:41:45+00:00. Recommended Reading. Large preview ).

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Scalegrid

MAY 13, 2020

Greenplum uses an MPP database design that can help you develop a scalable, high performance deployment. High performance, query optimization, open source and polymorphic data storage are the major Greenplum advantages. Here are some of the key Greenplum advantages that can help you improve your database performance: High Performance.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

Last time, I navigated the web for a day using Internet Explorer 8. Failing that, we are usually able to connect to home or public WiFi networks that are on fast broadband connections and have effectively unlimited data. The speed of mobile networks, too, varies considerably between countries. Mbps download and 0.7

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Cache Google Mobile Network 96

Smashing Magazine

MAY 17, 2021

Performance is a core feature of our company, Instant Domain Search —it’s in the name. Our fast computers and fiber internet masked the experience real people have on our site. We’ve recently grown to a small group based mostly in Victoria, Canada and we are working through a long backlog of new features and performance improvements.

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Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 30, 2021

In this current age of the Internet, it’s a common practice to build a website to run your online business. With the networks all around the world, theoretically, you can do business boundlessly. However, like each country has its boundary, the world of Internet is not a world without any control.

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Website Monitoring Website Performance Performance 52

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. And JavaScript can certainly make requests for additional network resources.

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Dotcom-Montior

MARCH 6, 2022

Waterfall charts are diagrams which represent how website resources are being downloaded, parsed by the engine, in a timeline that gives us the opportunity to see the sequence and dependencies between resources. Element Performance : A user can reach the information of the performance of each element that exists in waterfall chart.

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Scalegrid

JULY 29, 2019

WordPress is the largest website builder platform in the world, supporting over 34% of all websites on the internet today. Managing a database is hard, as it needs continuous updating, tuning, and monitoring to ensure the performance of your website. Advantages of Using ScaleGrid MySQL Hosting for Your WordPress. High Availability.

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Dotcom-Montior

JULY 7, 2020

In this current age of the Internet, it’s a common practice to build a website to run your online business. With the networks all around the world, theoretically, you can do business boundlessly. However, like each country has its boundary, the world of Internet is not a world without any control.

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Website Monitoring Website Performance Performance 52

Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

Classics of the genre include: Apple's just focused on performance! The Performance Argument. As an engineer on a browser team, I'm privy to the blow-by-blow of various performance projects, benchmark fire drills, and the ways performance marketing (deeply) impacts engineering priorities. Steve & Tim's Close-up Magic.

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Media Games Education Engineering 145

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 30, 2020

In this current age of the Internet, it’s a common practice to build a website to run your online business. With the networks all around the world, theoretically, you can do business boundlessly. However, like each country has its boundary, the world of Internet is not a world without any control.

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