Web Performance in Action: Building Fast Web Pages

Table of Contents

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this Book

About the Author

About the Cover Illustration

Chapter 1. Understanding web performance

1.1. Understanding web performance

1.1.1. Web performance and the user experience

1.1.2. How web browsers talk to web servers

1.1.3. How web pages load

1.2. Getting up and running

1.2.1. Installing Node.js and Git

1.2.2. Downloading and running the client’s website

1.2.3. Simulating a network connection

1.3. Auditing the client’s website

1.4. Optimizing the client’s website

1.4.1. Minifying assets

1.4.2. Using server compression

1.4.3. Optimizing images

1.5. Performing the final weigh-in

1.6. Summary

Chapter 2. Using assessment tools ...