Web Performance Optimization Workshop: Speeding Up Your Site
1. Introduction to Web Performance Optimization:
- Why is web performance important?
- Impact on user experience, conversion rates, and SEO.
2. Tools and Metrics:
- Performance metrics: load time, time to first byte (TTFB), First Contentful Paint (FCP), etc.
- Tools for measuring performance: Google PageSpeed Insights, GTmetrix, WebPageTest, etc.
3. Optimization Techniques:
- Frontend Optimization:
- Minifying CSS, JavaScript, and HTML.
- Using asynchronous loading for scripts.
- Optimizing images: compression, lazy loading, and responsive images.
- Browser caching and leveraging CDN (Content Delivery Network).
- Backend Optimization:
- Optimizing database queries.
- Server-side caching.
- Using a reverse proxy (e.g., Varnish).
- Minimizing HTTP requests.
4. Mobile Optimization:
- Responsive design principles.
- Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP).
- Prioritizing visible content and reducing render-blocking resources.
5. Advanced Techniques:
- Critical path optimization.
- Preloading and prefetching resources.
- HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 optimizations.
6. Testing and Iteration:
- Setting performance budgets.
- Continuous monitoring and improvement.
- A/B testing performance optimizations.
7. Case Studies and Examples:
- Real-world examples of successful performance optimizations.
- Before-and-after performance improvements.
8. Q&A Session:
- experience and improving SEO rankings. Here are some key areas you might want to cover in your workshop:
1. Introduction to Web Performance Optimization:
- Why is web performance important?
- Impact on user experience, conversion rates, and SEO.
2. Tools and Metrics:
- Performance metrics: load time, time to first byte (TTFB), First Contentful Paint (FCP), etc.
- Tools for measuring performance: Google PageSpeed Insights, GTmetrix, WebPageTest, etc.
3. Optimization Techniques:
- Frontend Optimization:
- Minifying CSS, JavaScript, and HTML.
- Using asynchronous loading for scripts.
- Optimizing images: compression, lazy loading, and responsive images.
- Browser caching and leveraging CDN (Content Delivery Network).
- Backend Optimization:
- Optimizing database queries.
- Server-side caching.
- Using a reverse proxy (e.g., Varnish).
- Minimizing HTTP requests.
4. Mobile Optimization:
- Responsive design principles.
- Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP).
- Prioritizing visible content and reducing render-blocking resources.
5. Advanced Techniques:
- Critical path optimization.
- Preloading and prefetching resources.
- HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 optimizations.
6. Testing and Iteration:
- Setting performance budgets.
- Continuous monitoring and improvement.
- A/B testing performance optimizations.
7. Case Studies and Examples:
- Real-world examples of successful performance optimizations.
- Before-and-after performance improvements.
8. Q&A Session:
- Addressing specific challenges and questions from participants.