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Modern Web Performance Optimization: Methods, Tools, and Patterns to Speed Up Digital Platforms
Author Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar
Web-based platforms have become vehicles for enterprises to realize their digital strategy and are key to positive user engagement. The performance of these platforms can make the difference between an effective sale and a negative review. There exist several tools and me....
Release Date 2020/11 -
Author Craig Buckler
Despite working on the web every day, few developers have a good word to say about the monster they've created. Achingly slow sites with annoying overlays, cookie agreements, instant notifications, and obtrusive ads litter the web landscape.While there may be some....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Load Balancing in Microsoft Azure
Author Arlan Nugara
With more and more companies moving on-prem applications to the cloud, software and cloud solution architects alike are busy investigating ways to improve load balancing, performance, security, and high availability for workloads. This practical report describes Mi....
Release Date 2019/07 -
Author Akanksha Jain , Calvin Lin , Natalie Enright Jerger
This book summarizes the landscape of cache replacement policies for CPU data caches.The emphasis is on algorithmic issues, so the authors start by defining a taxonomy that places previous policies into two broad categories, which they refer to as coarse-grained and fine-....
Release Date 2019/06 -
Author Paul McFedries
Web Design Playground takes you step by step from writing your first line of HTML to creating interesting, attractive web pages. In this project-based book, you’ll use a custom online workspace to design websites, product pages, photo galleries, and more. Don’t wor....
Release Date 2019/05 -
Author Sam Lee , Ivan Wei Kit
Department of Startup: Why Every Fortune 500 Should Have One aims to help CEOs, presidents, and human resource practitioners on how they can transform their large corporation to thrive in a fast, social media conscious, and unforgiving market a la startup.The ascen....
Release Date 2019/04 -
The Art of Balancing Autonomy and Control
Author Lior Zalmanson , Sarah Lebovitz , Hila Lifshitz-Assaf
The world of hackathons brings the study of balancing high-speed, creative autonomy and administrative control to bear in many interesting ways for managers across different industries. Show and hide more
Release Date 2019/01 -
A New Playbook for Diversified Companies
Author Amit Karna , Mona Schommer , Ulrich Pidun , Ansgar Richter
Scholars have argued for years that high levels of diversification harm company performance and value creation. But multi-business companies can do quite well. Those that thrive tend to do three things: They limit the number of business models in their portfolio an....
Release Date 2018/12 -
Author Daniel Berman , Reza Lavaryan , Tonino Jankov , Christopher Pitt , Bruno Skvorc
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 experi....
Release Date 2018/08 -
Author Ivan Curic , Maria Antonietta Perna , Craig Buckler , Bruno Skvorc
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 experi....
Release Date 2018/08 -
Author Zoran Antolovic , Hayden James , Tonino Jankov , Ahmed Bouchefra
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 experi....
Release Date 2018/08 -
Author Derek DeJonghe
Use of redundant servers has long been a solution for meeting sudden spikes in demand, machine failures, and outages. Cloud services greatly reduce the cost and hassle of provisioning redundant equipment and load balancers and give you the ability to deal with sepa....
Release Date 2018/07 -
Author Maximiliano Firtman
In spite of the many performance optimization techniques in use today, web developers face significant loading issues, particularly on the mobile web. Fortunately, there’s much more you can do to increase your conversion rate in this constantly changing web landsca....
Release Date 2018/06 -
Author Jeremy Keith
Boldly take your website where it’s never gone before: offline. Jeremy Keith introduces you to service workers (and the code behind them) to show you the latest strategies in offline pages. Learn the ins and outs of fetching and caching, enhance your website’s perf....
Release Date 2018/05 -
Author Tom Barker
How fast is your site? Web performance is crucial as your company moves toward digital transformation—not just the actual time it takes your online experience to load, but also the perception of load time for your users and customers. In this article, Comcast’s Tom....
Release Date 2018/04 -
Author Peter S. Cohan
This book offers a comprehensive model for explaining the success and failure of cities in nurturing startups, presents detailed case studies of how participants in that model help or hinder startup activity, and shows how to apply these lessons to boost local star....
Release Date 2018/02 -
Author Tom Barker
Among the many key performance indicators discussed in high-level executive meetings, one is rarely included: web performance. Yet, this particular metric is critical for tracking positive customer experience as well as the success of your digital transformation pr....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Author Lara Callender Hogan
Uncover the best practices for use and optimization for each file type. Included in this excerpt are techniques to optimize the way images are loaded into web pages, such as spriting or replacing them with CSS or SVG. Lastly, we’ll cover what you can do to increase....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Author Andrew B. King
Remember when an optimized website was one that merely didn't take all day to appear? Times have changed. Today, website optimization can spell the difference between enterprise success and failure, and it takes a lot more know-how to achieve success.This book is ....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Web Performance and the Customer Experience
Author Tom Barker
IT executives in companies undergoing digital transformation have many stakeholders. Business units stress online sales, conversions, and self-service, while product owners push for new online features and products. Each group has its own key performance indicators....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Navigating Your Way to Startup Success
Author Harlan Beverly
Startups, like sailing vessels, do not travel in straight lines. The wind and the waves of the real world move the ship, and your startup, in unpredictable ways. This book is designed to give you an analytical set of tools to help you navigate your startup or corpo....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Web performance is user experience
Author Lara Callender Hogan
As a web designer, you encounter tough choices when it comes to weighing aesthetics and performance. Good content, layout, images, and interactivity are essential for engaging your audience, and each of these elements has an enormous impact on page load time and th....
Release Date 2017/11 -
Author Jeffrey Bussgang
Many professionals aspire to work for startups. Executives from large companies view them as models to help them adapt to today's dynamic innovation economy, while freshly minted MBAs see magic in founding something new. Yes, startups look magical, but they can al....
Release Date 2017/10 -
AMP: Building Accelerated Mobile Pages
Author Ruadhan O'Donoghue
Engineer naturally lean web pages and leverage the latest web platform features to dramatically boost page speedAbout This BookThe first book for web developers that shows how to put AMP to workImprove your website's mobile experience and get more trafficPractical....
Release Date 2017/10 -
Frontend Optimization Handbook
Author Larry P Haig
Application response time mostly occurs on the front end, where user devices process the information. With all of the mobile devices in use today, application developers walk a fine line between adding ever-greater content and dealing with performance bottlenecks i....
Release Date 2017/07 -
Getting Started with Varnish Cache
Author Thijs Feryn
How long does it take for your website to load? Web performance is just as critical for small and medium-sized websites as it is for massive websites that receive tons of hits. Before you pour money and time into rewriting your code or replacing your infrastructure....
Release Date 2017/03