book

Back-end Performance

by Bruno Skvorc, Christopher Pitt, Tonino Jankov, Reza Lavaryan, Daniel Berman

August 2018

Intermediate to advanced

141 pages

2h 23m

English

SitePoint

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Notice of RightsNotice of LiabilityTrademark NoticeAbout SitePoint
Who Should Read This Book?Conventions UsedCode SamplesTips, Notes, and Warnings
by Bruno ŠkvorcConfiguration OptimizationEditing ConfigurationManual TweaksVariable InspectorMySQL TunerIndexesUnique / Primary IndexesRegular IndexesFulltext IndexesDescending IndexesHelper Tools: ExplainHelper Tools: Percona for Duplicate IndexesHelper Tools: Percona for Unused IndexesBottlenecksConclusion
by Chris PittMeasuring SuccessWhat Are Our Options?Reading Files, Line By LinePiping Between FilesOther StreamsFiltersCustomizing StreamsMaking Custom Protocols and FiltersSummary
by Tonino JankovChoice of HostingSoftware ConsiderationsData modelMeta queries can be expensiveDatabase hygieneCachingPage CachingFragment cachingObject cacheBrowser cachingStatic FilesOther random tipsConclusion
by Tonino JankovHTTP/1SPDYHow to See If a Website Is Serving Resources over HTTP/2ImplementationsServersConclusion
by Tonino JankovHardware ConsiderationsMonitoringTesting the SystemTuning ApacheApache's mpm modulesOther tips for tuning Apache:NginxNginx settingsCaching with NginxConclusion
by Reza LavaryanGetting StartedBuilding Blocks of BlackfireSome Terms to Know before We StartProfiling a ScriptGenerating Dummy DataSetting up the MySQL DatabaseWriting the Main ScriptRunning the First ProfileAnalyzing the Profile InformationOptimizing the Existing CodeUsing the Command Line InterfaceProfiling HTTP RequestsProfiling CLI ScriptsPerformance TestsWrapping Up
by Tonino JankovHow It WorksVarnish FeaturesInstalling VarnishSimplicity of SetupSetting up Varnish with NodeJSOther TipsConclusion
by Daniel BermanInstalling JavaInstalling ELKInstalling ElasticsearchInstalling LogstashInstalling KibanaShipping LogsAnalyzing LogsSearchingVisualizingConclusion

Overview

Performance simply matters. Technology may allow us to "go bigger", but maybe not necessarily be better when it comes to performance. Now is the time to utilize the amazing tools that are available for making websites faster, and to learn how to improve user experience and satisfaction.

This is a practical collection of tutorials on back-end website performance for web developers. It's packed with useful, real world hints and tips that you can use on your sites today. It contains:

How to Optimize MySQL: Indexes, Slow Queries, Configuration by Bruno Skvorc
How to Read Big Files with PHP (Without Killing Your Server) by Chris Pitt
WordPress Optimization by Tonino Jankov
HTTP/2: Background, Performance Benefits and Implementations by Tonino Jankov
Apache vs Nginx Performance: Optimization Techniques by Tonino Jankov
An In-depth Walkthrough of Supercharging Apps with Blackfire by Reza Lavaryan
How to Boost Your Server Performance with Varnish by Tonino Jankov
How to Process Server Logs by Daniel Berman

This book is for all back-end developers who wish to build sites and apps that are more performant. You'll need to be familiar with server-side development in order to follow the discussion.