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Web Performance 101

I gave my Web Performance 101 presentation at the London Web Performance Meetup on Tuesday and it appeared to go down well!

I have uploaded the presentation to Slideshare for future reference and it’s had > 500 views in 24 hours, so it goes to show that web performance is a hot topic!

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Unknown said…
Great post. I'm one of the inventors of mod_gzip and we're getting ready to release a new software solution for Mobile Web Performance. It will allow you to measure HTTP traffic in real time from inside the browser. It will have waterfall charts etc., plus the ability to use real time geo location, device information and Carrier info.

Let me know if you're interested in learning more (peter dot cranstone @ 5o9inc.com)

Cheers,


Peter
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