Category Archives: Application Performance
Part 15: Caching data using Passive requests
This is part 15 of a multiple part series on web performance improvements. The first Introductory blog can be found here. In previous part we discussed how the location of the script files impact your web page performance. In this part we will discuss the importance of active and passive caching and how it can help us improve the performance […]
Part 14: Put Scripts( js) files at bottom of HTML page
This is part 14 of a multiple part series on web performance improvements. The first Introductory blog can be found here. In previous part we discussed the pro and cons of putting style sheets at top of the HTML page. In this part we will why we should always prefer to put the script (js) […]
Part 13: Style-sheets at the Top of the HTML page
This is part 13 of a multiple part series on web performance improvements. The first Introductory blog can be found here. In previous part we discussed the performance benefit of Gzipping java-script and style sheets. In this part we will discuss the importance of putting style-sheets on top of the HTML document. Consider a situation […]
Part 12: Gzip Components like scripts, style-sheets etc
This is part 12 of a multiple part series on web performance improvements. The first Introductory blog can be found here. In previous part we discussed the impact of duplicate scripts on web page performance and how we can eliminate such silly mistakes, which can, sometimes, damage the performance a lot. What is Gzip Gzip […]
Part 11: Remove Duplicate Scripts
This is part 11 of a multiple part series on web performance improvements. The first Introductory blog can be found here. In previous part we discussed the impact of minifying java-scripts on performance. In this part we will discuss how duplicate script references can impact performance of web pages negatively. As we know that whenever […]
Part 10: Minify JavaScript and Obfuscation of Code
This is part 10 of a multiple part series on web performance improvements. The first Introductory blog can be found here. In previous part we discussed about pro and cons of including Javascript and CSS inline as well as externally. In this part we will discuss how minifying Javascipts and Obfuscation of Code helps us […]
Part 9: Externally reference JavaScript and CSS
This is part 9 of a multiple part series on web performance improvements. The first Introductory blog can be found here. In previous part we discussed the impact of HTTP request cycle on performance and how we can overcome it. In this part we will discuss the role of Javascript and CSS in page request […]
Application Performance Series- Part 7- Reduce HTTP Requests cycle as much possible
This is part 7 of a multiple part series on web performance improvements. The first Introductory blog can be found here. In previous part we discussed the negative impact of redirects in web application performance. In this part we will discuss how reducing the number of HTTP requests between client and server will help improve […]
Application Performance Series- Part 6- Find ways to avoid redirects
This is part 6 of a multiple part series on web performance improvements. The first Introductory blog can be found here. In previous part we discussed benefits of cookie-free domains. In this part we will discuss the negative impact of redirects in web application performance. Redirect is a phenomenon where user as routed from one […]
Application Performance Series- Part 5- Use Cookie free Domains for Components
This is part 5 of a multiple part series on web performance improvements. The first Introductory blog can be found here. In previous part we discussed about CDN and how they improve the performance of the web application. In this part we will discuss the benefits of cookie-free domains. When the browser makes a request for a static […]