JavaScript and Metaperformance

Published November 23rd, 2011 Under JavaScript | Leave a Comment

There are lies, damned lies, and benchmarks. Tuning language processor performance to benchmarks can have the unintended consequence of encouraging bad programming practices. This is the true story of developing a new benchmark with the intention of encouraging good practices. Read more

Why Web Performance Matters

Published November 16th, 2011 Under User Interface | Leave a Comment

Developers love to make their web applications go fast. But do you know the real benefit of high performance web sites? In a word, it’s money. This session digs into the real revenue returns of high performance web applications with detailed data on how each second saved adds to the bottom line – more customers buy (reduced bounce rate) and they buy more. Learn how to evaluate the ROI of performance tuning to justify the cost of effort to the revenue increase. Beyond e–commerce, saving employees time on internal applications also has a real cost. Explore how to gather the real–world metric of high performance web sites to know what your web site earns, and how it can earn more!

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HTML5 High-Performance Best Practices for Web Sites

Published January 12th, 2011 Under HTML | Leave a Comment

Creating high performance Web sites and applications is crucial for every Web developer. Come learn ways you can make your sites faster in Internet Explorer and other browsers. We’ll describe what’s changing with performance in Internet Explorer 9 with the JavaScript engine and DirectX-powered graphics and hardware acceleration on Windows.


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YUI 3 Performance

Published May 31st, 2010 Under JavaScript, Open Source Tools | Leave a Comment

YUI architect Matt Sweeney reviews principles of high-performance web development and looks at how best to implement those principles in YUI 3-based projects.

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High Performance JavaScript

Published May 12th, 2010 Under JavaScript | Leave a Comment

Five contributors to O’Reilly’s High Performance JavaScript discuss advanced JavaScript and DOM scripting optimizations.

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