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Jump Start Web Performance
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Jump Start Web Performance

by Craig Buckler
February 2020
Intermediate to advanced
141 pages
2h 9m
English
SitePoint
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Chapter 6: Check, Please!

I hope you’re feeling full after your extensive buffet of performance delicacies. Not all dishes will have been to your taste, but you should have found a few recipes to try.

The main reason we don’t have a fast and responsive web is because we let it become slow and bloated. Performance is rarely given equal priority with other features. In most cases, it’s never even acknowledged until someone complains about speed. Like SEO or usability, it’s possible to improve performance toward the end of a project—but it’s far more effective to implement it from the start.

Software development is a complex process, and it will always be possible to make optimizations. However, if you target the big, easy wins first, the tougher ...

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