Rigor
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
Rachel is the Editor-in-Chief of Smashing Magazine, a British web developer, writer, and speaker. He writes about Progressive Web Apps on Medium as well as on his own website. Vitaly is a co-founder of the Smashing Magazine brand. He created, built, and maintains the Boomerang JavaScript library for web performance measurement.
Smashing Magazine
AUGUST 30, 2021
In previous articles from this series, we’ve covered auditing CSS codebase health and the incremental CSS refactoring strategy , testing, and maintenance. Deploying the refactored codebase shouldn’t result in worse website performance and worse user experience. After all, users won’t wait around forever for the website to load.
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Smashing Magazine
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
As websites become heavier and more complex , the task of maintaining performance becomes ever more challenging. Measuring website performance used to be challenging and required specific expertise. And that in order to achieve this strategy implementing a culture of performance throughout the organization is a must.
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. You cannot always anticipate what you cannot control. Design Optimizations.
Smashing Magazine
MARCH 25, 2021
The Art Of Balancing Performance With Media Content. Even though rich media can promote user engagement, we need to balance the cost of delivering them with your website performance and business goals. However, determining the right content to deliver depends on both your business strategy and site performance. “A
Smashing Magazine
JUNE 20, 2019
Resource hints are a feature supported by modern browsers which can boost website performance. For example, if you are using Lato for headings, it makes sense to only request the bold variant (and possibly bold italic): <link href="[link] rel="stylesheet"> 3. Resource Hints.
Smashing Magazine
JANUARY 11, 2021
Establish a performance culture. In many organizations, front-end developers know exactly what common underlying problems are and what strategies should be used to fix them. In many companies, performance budgets shouldn’t be aspirational, but rather pragmatic, serving as a holding sign to avoid slipping past a certain point.
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