high performance web sites

Written by Alexander • on April 10, 2008

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This book is written by Steve Souders. Steve Souders created YSlow, the Firefox add-on that analyzes web page performance according to the 14 rules described in this book. It works with Firebug. The book describes 14 best practices for faster web pages. It's had great reviews on Amazon (#1 in Computers), Slashdot, and O'Reilly Radar. Mainly I bought this book after I've used the YSlow plugin for a while, I got more interested in the subject and the YSlow pages didn't quite cover it. Looking forward to use it extensively in my web development projects.

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Hi! My name is Alexander, and I am a creative frontender, specializing in UX, accessibility, universal design, frontend-architecture, node and design systems. I am passionate with open source projects and love to dabble with new emerging technologies related to frontend. With over 24 years of frontend experience, I have earned the right to be called a veteran. I am a lover of life, technologist at heart. If I am not coding, I am cooking and I love whisky and cigars. Oh, and coffee, I LOVE coffee!

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