Web Performance in Action-Building Fast Web Pages(2016.12).A4

**Summary**

*Web Performance in Action* is your companion guide to making websites faster. You'll learn techniques that speed the delivery of your site's assets to the user, increase rendering speed, decrease the overall footprint of your site, as well as how to build a workflow that automates common optimization techniques.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

**About the Technology**

Nifty features, hip design, and clever marketing are great, but your website will flop if visitors think it's slow. Network conditions can be unpredictable, and with today's sites being bigger than ever, you need to set yourself apart from the competition by focusing on speed. Achieving a high level of performance is a combination of front-end architecture choices, best practices, and some clever sleight-of-hand. This book will demystify all these topics for you.

**About the Book**

*Web Performance in Action* is your guide to making fast websites. Packed with "Aha!" moments and critical details, this book teaches you how to create performant websites the right way. You'll master optimal rendering techniques, tips for decreasing your site's footprint, and technologies like HTTP/2 that take your website's speed from merely adequate to seriously fast. Along the way, you'll learn how to create an automated workflow to accomplish common optimization tasks and speed up development in the process.

**What's Inside**

Foolproof performance-boosting techniques

Optimizing images and fonts

HTTP/2 and how it affects your optimization workflow

**About the Reader**

This book assumes that you're familiar with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Many examples make use of Git and Node.js.

**About the Author**

**Jeremy Wagner** is a professional front-end web developer with over ten years of experience. Foreword by Ethan Marcotte.

**Table of Contents**

Understanding web performance

Using assessment tools

Optimizing CSS

Understanding critical CSS

Making images responsive

Going further with images

Faster fonts

Keeping JavaScript lean and fast

Boosting performance with service workers

Fine-tuning asset delivery

Looking to the future with HTTP/2

Automating optimization with gulp