Web development is difficult to get right. The web technology stack is complex, and there are many things between the web server and the user's device that can contribute to poor performance.
There are some things that you have no control over, such as the user's network quality or device grade. But there are plenty of things that affect performance that you do have control over. Some of the most significant of these factors are page size, resource loading, number of HTTP requests, and slow JavaScript execution:
- Page size: In 2016, mobiForge (mobiforge.com) reported a sobering statistic: the average web page, at 2.3 MB, had grown as large as the original PC game, DOOM. Something is wrong when a web ...
