0 High Performance Web Sites

Description

High Performance Web Sites, presents 14 specific rules that will cut 25% to 50% response time when a user requests a web page. Author Steve Souders, in his work as Officer Performance Yahoo!, collected these best practices while optimizing some of the most visited pages on the Web. Even sites that have been highly optimized, such as Yahoo! Search and Yahoo! Front Page.

High Performance Web Sites, describes how you can optimize the performance of Ajax, CSS, JavaScript, Flash and images on your site, because most of the time taken on the browser screen and the communication between server and browser.

Each performance rule is supported by specific examples, and code snippets are available on the book's companion web site. The rules include how to:

• Make Fewer HTTP Requests
• Use a Content Delivery Network
• Add an Expires Header
• Gzip Components
• Put Stylesheets at the Top
• Put Scripts at the Bottom
• Avoid CSS Expressions
• Make JavaScript and CSS External
• Reduce DNS Lookups
• Minify JavaScript
• Avoid Redirects
• Remove Duplicates Scripts
• Configure ETags
• Make Ajax Cacheable

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Importance of Frontend Performance
Chapter 2 HTTP Overview
Chapter 3 Rule 1: Make Fewer HTTP Requests
Chapter 4 Rule 2: Use a Content Delivery Network
Chapter 5 Rule 3: Add an Expires Header
Chapter 6 Rule 4: Gzip Components
Chapter 7 Rule 5: Put Stylesheets at the Top
Chapter 8 Rule 6: Put Scripts at the Bottom
Chapter 9 Rule 7: Avoid CSS Expressions
Chapter 10 Rule 8: Make JavaScript and CSS External
Chapter 11 Rule 9: Reduce DNS Lookups
Chapter 12 Rule 10: Minify JavaScript
Chapter 13 Rule 11: Avoid Redirects
Chapter 14 Rule 12: Remove Duplicate Scripts
Chapter 15 Rule 13: Configure ETags
Chapter 16 Rule 14: Make Ajax Cacheable
Chapter 17 Deconstructing 10 Top Sites

Product Details

Title: High Performance Web Sites
By: Steve Souders
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Formats: Print Ebook Safari Books Online
Print: September 2007
Ebook: December 2008
Pages: 170
Print ISBN:978-0-596-52930-7 | ISBN 10:0-596-52930-9
Ebook ISBN:978-0-596-15876-7 | ISBN 10:0-596-15876-9

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