Category Archives: Performance
H5BP Ant Build Script v1.0 Released
After a year of living as its own repo, contributions from a bunch of people and a flurry of activity from yours truly over the past month*, I just released the 1.0 version of the H5BP Ant Build Script. Download … Continue reading
Recent Reading (JS Natives Duke it Out, Regexp in jQuery, Performance, a New Image Format?)
Sorry, it’s been a while. I’ve been busy at work, I’ve been wringing every last bit out of summer on my bike, and I’ve spent a lot of my free time on my upcoming CSS presentation, so I haven’t been … Continue reading
Ant. Ant? Really?
Quick, if you were to guess a technology I’d be making commits on an open source project using, would Apache Ant be at the top of the list? I didn’t think so. But yet, here I am committing an Ant … Continue reading
Required Reading: Yahoo Research on Mobile Cache Size
With more and more people embracing the idea of producing HTML5 mobile web apps, research like this is becoming vital. There are a lot of gotchas in this article, especially if you’ve been ignoring this space. You should read the … Continue reading
I Didn’t Make it to Velocity, So Hours of Web Video Will Have to Do
I’m going to be picking off presentations whenever the opportunity presents itself. Want to play along at home? Blip.tv to the rescue: Next year, I’m going.
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Performance Tip: When Linking to JavaScript on the Google Ajax Library CDN, Use a Specific Version Number
I’ve seen this a few times over the past few months: <script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js”></script> What that basically says to Google is “give me the latest 1.* branch version of jQuery and make sure it’s minified.”
Why Do I Like Web Performance? For One Thing, it’s Easier to Measure Success
One of the reasons I’m drawn to the performance side of the business is that it’s one of the few pieces of of your site or application where you can really know when you’re doing the right thing. There are … Continue reading
Front End Performance for the Common Man: Practical Strategies to Speed Up Your Site
Front End Performance for the Common Man: Practical Strategies to Speed Up Your Site from rob larsen on Vimeo. Follow along with the presentation. (PowerPoint presentation) Here’s the sample ant build script referenced in the deck. (Zip file) And here’s … Continue reading
Downloads From Last Night’s Presentation
I presented at Bocoup last night. It went really well. As always great people showed up and I think I did okay with my side of the bargain. I shot some video, we’ll see how that turns out. If it’s … Continue reading
Reminder- I’m Presenting on Front End Performance Next Week (May 19)
I’m in the middle of finishing up my presentation, so I figured I might as well make an effort to get some people to show up to see the results of my hard work Here’s the write up: Front End … Continue reading