Identify, compare, analyze and fix your Core Web Vitals scores to boost web performance of your sites. These tools will help you to do just that.
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Optimizing the size of images can have a bigger impact on performance than all other areas combined. In this article, Louis Lazaris covers different tools available for reducing the size of images. You might already know that Smashing Magazine has published the book Image Optimization by Addy Osmani, which covers this topic in full detail. But consider this post a compliment to the book, as this will focus purely on different tools available for reducing the size of images.
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Among all possible architectures for rendering a website, static rendering is the most performant. Yet, it’s only applicable to public, generic content. Or is it? In this article, we will push the boundaries of static rendering and learn how to apply it to personalized content. This new pattern is called “Segmented Rendering” and will change the Jamstack game forever.
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Do we, as users and designers, really need to assess typefaces and find out how they perform? Is it necessary? Well, whatever your thoughts are, in 2022, with a mass of typefaces available and 100s of years of designing and manufacturing typefaces, it is time to consider this topic. In this article, we will be discussing ways to test typefaces and other typographic issues. Though this article is slightly high-end and academic, fear not. The content will be interesting, especially for committed typeface designers and typographers. If you like complex issues and problems, this is for you.
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This article explores the concept of tooling for frontend development on the web. You will learn why we need frontend tooling, the various stages of evolution it has gone through, and the new developments that will shape the frontend build tools of the future. To follow along with this article, a general understanding of modern frontend development on the web is necessary.
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In this article, we will be discussing how typefaces work, ways to test typefaces, and broader typographic issues. Though this article is slightly high-end and academic, fear not. The content will be of interest, especially for committed typeface designers and typographers. If you like complex issues and problems, this is for you.
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In this article, Ken Harker explains what third-party resource requests really are and which common optimization strategies can help reduce the impact on the user experience. By carefully considering how third-party requests will fit into your website during the design stage, you’ll be able to avoid the most significant negative impacts.
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One of the most important aspects of software development, are memory and performance management and every software developer should pay attention to them. In this article, Frank Joseph explains both weak and strong references in JavaScript, as well as the concept of reachability. Let’s dig in!
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CSS is constantly evolving, and some cool and useful properties either go completely unnoticed or are not talked about as much as others for some reason or another. In this article, we’ll cover a fraction of those CSS properties and selectors.
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What makes the underused Server-Timing header uniquely powerful among all other response headers? We’ll rethink the expectation for using it exclusively for timing and see fast solutions for hard-to-solve monitoring challenges. In this article, Sean Roberts will provide you with a new perspective on Server-Timing as a tool to reach for, even if you’re not measuring time.
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