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Performance Testing - Tools, Steps, and Best Practices

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Quantitative performance testing looks at metrics like response time while qualitative testing is concerned with scalability, stability, and interoperability. When the word “performance” is heard, most people immediately think of speed.

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The Great Firewall of China: Obstacles to Monitoring Performance

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The censorship and monitoring of internet have evolved from anti-virus-like and firewall software to hardware security patches for all devices that uses internet. Websites and apps that are allowed to be used in China can be accessed at a very fast speed, up to the recent 5G (20Gbps) upgrade.

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2021

Smashing Magazine

However, as long as there is no established endorsement of the performance culture, each decision will turn into a battlefield of departments, breaking up the organization into silos. Note : If you use Page Speed Insights or Page Speed Insights API (no, it isn’t deprecated!), Start Render time, Speed Index ).

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2020 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]

Smashing Magazine

However, as long as there is no established endorsement of the performance culture, each decision will turn into a battlefield of departments, breaking up the organization into silos. Without a strong alignment between dev/design and business/marketing teams, performance isn’t going to sustain long-term. Large preview ).

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2019 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]

Smashing Magazine

However, as long as there is no established endorsement of the performance culture, each decision will turn into a battlefield of departments, breaking up the organization into silos. Without a strong alignment between dev/design and business/marketing teams, performance isn’t going to sustain long-term. Intended as a RUM metric only.

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An In-Depth Guide To Measuring Core Web Vitals

Smashing Magazine

LCP is supposed to measure loading performance and is a good proxy for all the old metrics we in the performance community used to use (i.e. Time to First Byte (TTFB), DOM Content Loaded, Start Render, Speed Index) — but from the experience of the user. CrUX LCP dashboard ( Large preview ).

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Reducing Carbon Emissions On The Web

Smashing Magazine

It can be hard to visualize the huge network of hardware that allows you to send a request for a page to a server and then receive a response back. Recommended reading : How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. The good news is that, as developers, we can do an awful lot about it. More after jump!

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