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Performance Game Changer: Browser Back/Forward Cache

Smashing Magazine

WebPageTest is one of the few web performance testing tools that actually tests a reload of the page using a primed HTTP Cache — most of the other tools just flag if your HTTP resources are not explicitly set to be cached. Back/Forward Cache Testing Tool. Large preview ). all the way down to 1.7

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

Smashing Magazine

Luckily, there are many great options that help you automate the collection of data and measure how your website performs over time according to these metrics. Real User Monitoring ( RUM ) tools evaluate user interactions continuously and collect field data (e.g. On Smashing Magazine, we could measure 19-32% improvement , too.

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

Smashing Magazine

Luckily, there are many great options that help you automate the collection of data and measure how your website performs over time according to these metrics. Real User Monitoring ( RUM ) tools evaluate user interactions continuously and collect field data (e.g. On Smashing Magazine, we could measure 19-32% improvement , too.

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HTTP/3: Practical Deployment Options (Part 3)

Smashing Magazine

Even then, however, validating protocol performance with the current generation of tools won’t be easy. Tools and Testing. As was the case with many major servers, the makers of the most popular web performance testing tools have not been keeping up with HTTP/3 from the start.

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