Front-end Performance

Performance simply matters. Technology may allow us to "go bigger", but maybe not necessarily be better when it comes to performance. Now is the time to utilize the amazing tools that are available for making websites faster, and to learn how to improve user experience and satisfaction. This is a practical collection of tutorials on front-end website performance for web developers. It's packed with useful, real world hints and tips that you can use on your sites today. It contains: * __Which Browsers Should Your Website Support?__ by Craig Buckler * __Are Your WordPress Themes Flexible or Fast?__ by Maria Antonietta Perna * __Five Techniques to Lazy Load Images for Website Performance__ by Maria Antonietta Perna * __Optimizing CSS: ID Selectors and Other Myths__ by Ivan Curic * __Optimizing CSS: Tweaking Animation Performance with DevTools__ by Maria Antonietta Perna * __Lightning Fast Websites with Prefetching__ by Maria Antonietta Perna * __Optimizing Web Fonts for Performance: the State of the Art__ by Maria Antonietta Perna * __JavaScript Performance Optimization Tips: An Overview__ by Ivan Curic * __7 Performance Tips for Jank-free JavaScript Animations__ by Maria Antonietta Perna * __What Is a CDN and How Does It Work?__ by Bruno Skvorc This book is for all front-end developers that want to build sites and apps that run faster. You'll need to be familiar with HTML and CSS and have a reasonable level of understanding of JavaScript in order to follow the discussion.