Book review: High performance web sites
One of the good things about laying down and resting is that you have more time for reading (that is, if you enjoy doing that). In these last couple of days I’ve finished reading High Performance Web Sites: Essential knowledge for front-end engineers. I wish I had this book some six or seven years ago. It would really have stopped lots of silly mistakes and several lost hours trying to improve the performance of my sites. Oh well, never mind…
With a little more over 150 pages (thanks for being so concise), Steve Sounders has written a really cool book with lots of advices on how to improve the performance of your front end. From CSS sprites to JS unifying, there are several rules that you should *really* follow when building sites. If you’re responsible for building web sites, then do yourself a favor and read this book. Score: 8.5/10.