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Time To First Byte: Beyond Server Response Time

Smashing Magazine

Generating the HTML document quickly plays a big part in minimizing TTFB delays. That means TTFB includes: Cross-origin redirects, Time spent connecting to the server, Same-origin redirects, and The actual request for the HTML document. You can see the impact of that in practice by running a global TTFB test on a website.

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10 digital experience monitoring best practices

Dynatrace

They collect data from multiple sources through real user monitoring , synthetic monitoring, network monitoring, and application performance monitoring systems. This includes monitoring components such as web servers, databases, application performance interfaces (APIs), content delivery networks, and third-party integrations.

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Don’t Sink Your Website With Third Parties

Smashing Magazine

You may have a lean, agile, responsive site design only to find it gradually loaded down with more and more “extras” that are often put onto the site by marketing departments or business leaders who are not always thinking about website performance. And JavaScript can certainly make requests for additional network resources.

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Improving JavaScript Bundle Performance With Code-Splitting

Smashing Magazine

This problem is more apparent on unreliable and slow networks and lower-end devices. Users can browse the Internet using slow and unreliable networks, so minification, optimization, and code-splitting of JavaScript files ensure that the user downloads the smallest file possible. Website performance is not consistent across devices.

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Best Web Performance Books to Learn Site Speed Optimization

MachMetrics

Souders presents his 14 rules throughout the course of the book while discussing the importance of front-end performance. Sounders, along with 8 expert contributors, expands upon the tips in the first book and offers best practices in JavaScript, network, and browser optimization.

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How Partytown Eliminates Website Bloat From Third-Party Apps

Smashing Magazine

Even if your website is designed with usability in mind, these factors impede users from fully benefiting from the website’s features. This is why performance is crucial when building websites. It’s a known fact that JavaScript is one of the main culprits behind website bloat. Large preview ). How Partytown Works.

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An In-Depth Guide To Measuring Core Web Vitals

Smashing Magazine

The fact that RUM data is used, is an important distinction because some of these metrics (FID excepted) are available in synthetic or “lab-based” web performance tools like Lighthouse that have been the staple of web performance monitoring for many in the past. CrUX LCP dashboard ( Large preview ).

Google 143