• Things every developer should know to improve site performance

    Introduction Hundreds of websites/web apps are being launched every day for different purposes. Poorly optimized websites not only leave a bad impact on visitors but also hurt businesses. While more and more people visiting websites on their mobile devices, it is very important to make them load fast. In this post, I am going to discuss a few things that every developer should know while building or updating a website to load them fast. I will categorize these issues into two sections: Frontend and Backend. Types of Optimization Frontend:- In which CSS, JS and at times HTML is refactored and optimized one way or other. Backend:- Databases; indices, queries etc.…

  • How to optimize website speed and performance by using free tools

    Developing a website is not enough these days. Even developing an “awesome looking” website is not only going to serve your purpose unless it loads faster and rank better on Google. In an earlier post I discussed how you can use free SEO Tools to rank better on Google but Google’s core search algorithm has been evolving continuously and now they are also taking site speed into consideration. For that purpose they are relying on their own tool called Page Speed which helps you to figure out what Google thinks about your website. The goal The goal is: how a developer, a front-end developer/designer or.. even a backend developer like me…