Comments on: Basic and Sometimes Forgotten Tips on How to Speed Things Up http://www.swedishfika.com/2009/01/24/basic-and-sometimes-forgotten-tips-on-how-to-speed-things-up/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:58:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ida http://www.swedishfika.com/2009/01/24/basic-and-sometimes-forgotten-tips-on-how-to-speed-things-up/comment-page-1/#comment-2171 Ida Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:06:14 +0000 http://swedishfika.com/?p=140#comment-2171 @Fredrik W: Thanks for your input! I really appreciate your opinions. And again you are right about gzipping. My mistake for saying it's not readable. It's perfectly readable. @Fredrik W:
Thanks for your input! I really appreciate your opinions. And again you are right about gzipping. My mistake for saying it’s not readable. It’s perfectly readable.

]]> By: Fredrik W http://www.swedishfika.com/2009/01/24/basic-and-sometimes-forgotten-tips-on-how-to-speed-things-up/comment-page-1/#comment-2169 Fredrik W Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:30:40 +0000 http://swedishfika.com/?p=140#comment-2169 Bah, I forgot a "works". It should read "Kinda like how WinZip works, but automagical". Silly me. Bah, I forgot a “works”. It should read “Kinda like how WinZip works, but automagical”. Silly me.

]]> By: Fredrik W http://www.swedishfika.com/2009/01/24/basic-and-sometimes-forgotten-tips-on-how-to-speed-things-up/comment-page-1/#comment-2168 Fredrik W Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:27:59 +0000 http://swedishfika.com/?p=140#comment-2168 Gzipping shouldn't provide a problem with code readability though! It pretty much constructs a hoffman-table to minimize the code (byte-size, that is) before sending it. When the browser recieves it in unpacks in, so the process should be transparent to the end user. Kinda like how WinZip, but automagical :) Just keep in mind that it adds some processing overhead server-side, so you may want to cache the result (if it's possible, but if I recall correctly it is :)). Sorry if I came off as negative, the post was a good summary of useful techniques! Gzipping shouldn’t provide a problem with code readability though! It pretty much constructs a hoffman-table to minimize the code (byte-size, that is) before sending it. When the browser recieves it in unpacks in, so the process should be transparent to the end user.
Kinda like how WinZip, but automagical :)

Just keep in mind that it adds some processing overhead server-side, so you may want to cache the result (if it’s possible, but if I recall correctly it is :) ).

Sorry if I came off as negative, the post was a good summary of useful techniques!

]]> By: Ida http://www.swedishfika.com/2009/01/24/basic-and-sometimes-forgotten-tips-on-how-to-speed-things-up/comment-page-1/#comment-2167 Ida Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:03:53 +0000 http://swedishfika.com/?p=140#comment-2167 @cssProdigy: Thank you for thinking it's a great post. Made me happy! In case anyone was wondering about the yahoo-stuff: http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html I could have been following these rules and making reviews and comments and argue about what's good and what's bad but that would have been a totally different post (and probably extremely long..) @Ethan Gardner: Thanks for pointing it out. Typos can be very embarrassing.. @Fredrik W: Feel free to do something more on the topic. Like screaming and waving your arms in agony! You are totally right. Obfuscating is ugly and gzipping is really cool stuff. We should make a big post on the subject and dig deeper! I do understand that by following my links people can end up obfuscating things. Gaaaah! I never thought about that. Please, people do NOT obfuscate! It's a sinful behaviour! To be honest I'm not a big fan of either compressing or gzipping and definately not obfuscating cause I kind of want to be able to easily read other peoples code. @cssProdigy:
Thank you for thinking it’s a great post. Made me happy! In case anyone was wondering about the yahoo-stuff: http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html
I could have been following these rules and making reviews and comments and argue about what’s good and what’s bad but that would have been a totally different post (and probably extremely long..)

@Ethan Gardner:
Thanks for pointing it out. Typos can be very embarrassing..

@Fredrik W:
Feel free to do something more on the topic. Like screaming and waving your arms in agony!
You are totally right. Obfuscating is ugly and gzipping is really cool stuff. We should make a big post on the subject and dig deeper!

I do understand that by following my links people can end up obfuscating things. Gaaaah! I never thought about that.
Please, people do NOT obfuscate! It’s a sinful behaviour!
To be honest I’m not a big fan of either compressing or gzipping and definately not obfuscating cause I kind of want to be able to easily read other peoples code.

]]> By: Fredrik W http://www.swedishfika.com/2009/01/24/basic-and-sometimes-forgotten-tips-on-how-to-speed-things-up/comment-page-1/#comment-2164 Fredrik W Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:54:21 +0000 http://swedishfika.com/?p=140#comment-2164 "4. Compress your css and your ‘beloved’ JavaScript" I'm kinda "meh" on this topic. If you're just compressing your Javascript then fine, but if you're obfuscating it (sometimes known as packing) the browser will need to re-evaluate the Javascript before it can be executed, adding unnecessary overhead in your page's responsiveness. Gzipping javascript and css is probably a better choice. “4. Compress your css and your ‘beloved’ JavaScript”

I’m kinda “meh” on this topic. If you’re just compressing your Javascript then fine, but if you’re obfuscating it (sometimes known as packing) the browser will need to re-evaluate the Javascript before it can be executed, adding unnecessary overhead in your page’s responsiveness.

Gzipping javascript and css is probably a better choice.

]]> By: Ethan Gardner http://www.swedishfika.com/2009/01/24/basic-and-sometimes-forgotten-tips-on-how-to-speed-things-up/comment-page-1/#comment-2162 Ethan Gardner Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:26:14 +0000 http://swedishfika.com/?p=140#comment-2162 There is a typo in your JS example. The "if" statement should have a lowercase "i." There is a typo in your JS example. The “if” statement should have a lowercase “i.”

]]> By: cssProdigy http://www.swedishfika.com/2009/01/24/basic-and-sometimes-forgotten-tips-on-how-to-speed-things-up/comment-page-1/#comment-2161 cssProdigy Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:02:12 +0000 http://swedishfika.com/?p=140#comment-2161 Great post. You could take this even further by following the Yahoo best practices. Great post. You could take this even further by following the Yahoo best practices.

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