Web Performance Optimisation at times.co.uk
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Optimizing dynamic websites like www.thetimes.co.uk and www.thesundaytimes.co.uk isn't an easy task! Speeding up a site requires a "war plan" and having a clear vision, dedicated team, appropriate tools and most importantly speed comparison data with similar sites. Mehdi Ali, Optimisation Manager for the Times websites, will show us how this strategy was applied for The Times and Sunday Times sites with great results.
Web Performance Optimisation at times.co.uk
- 1. Operation Jungle Cheetah A Practical Journey of Improving Web Performance @mesum98
- 2. What is this about? A practical journey of improving web performance Not a view or opinion A strategy which enabled to drive the speed enhancements Relevant Tools and techniques
- 3. Million $ Question What is slow?
- 5. # 1: Measure
- 6. # 1: Measure Keep it Simple
- 7. # 1: Measure Make it visible
- 9. # 3: Compare
- 10. # 3: Compare
- 11. How slow the site is!
- 12. # 4: Identify
- 13. # 4: Identify Areas for improvements Website Akamai Code F5 Development Editorial 3rd Party
- 14. # 4: Identify Akamai Sure Route Origin DNS optimisation Prefetching Address 304 error messages Last Mile Acceleration F5 Algorithms Round robin Weighted round robin Least connections Least response time
- 15. # 4: Identify Code improvements CSS/JS merging and minification Load 3rd party objects last CSS Spiriting Review Caching Increase more caching time Pre Load where possible Optimise Javascripts DynaTrace reports
- 16. # 4: Identify Code improvements
- 17. # 4: Identify Editorial Improvements Translate improvements for the business teams
- 18. # 4: Identify 3rd Party Flags
- 19. # 5: Execute
- 20. # 5: Execute Define Non Functional Requirements (NFR) Set Speed Targets for the development teams Create test scripts for performance testing Define development stories Poker planning and identify level of effort
- 21. # 6: Evaluate
- 22. Next steps Data centric approach Proof speed improvement benefits with more specific analytics (i.e. increased registration, advertising, etc) Automate speed improvements Infrastructure optimisation (Amazon, Google Apps, etc)