Lean Websites: Because Web Performance Simply Matters

by Barbara Bermes

Overview

A practical book on website performance for web developers, concentrating mainly on front-end performance improvement. It covers plenty of solid theory, but is also packed with useful, real world hints and tips that you can use on your sites today.

Topics covered include:

• User experience, design and performance
• Measuring and monitoring performance
• Setting up a page weight budget
• Network and server improvements
• Optimizing images and video
• Optimizing scripts and third party content
• Lean DOM operations

The book also comes with a handy "cheat sheet" summarizing many of the key tips contained within the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780992279462
Publisher:	SitePoint
Publication date:	06/26/2015
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Barbara worked as senior architect and performance advocate at Canada's national public radio and television broadcaster (CBC), where she acted as an evangelist for mobile web development and performance optimization. As the API Product Manager, she now oversees the development of OANDA's APIs and their developer community.

As an international speaker, a contributor to jsmanners, and the organizer of the Toronto Web Performance Meetup, Barbara shares her web performance passion and knowledge with the community.