- adaptive path, ajax: a new approach to web applications
The term "Ajax" was coined in this 2005 article by Jesse James Garrett.
- Alexa the Web Information Company
The top web sites reviewed in this book were selected from Alexa.
- alphaWorks : IBM Page Detailer : Overview
This packet sniffer works with Internet Explorer and Firefox.
- Apache Week. New directive for load-balanced server farms
The problem with ETags and Apache is described in this article.
- Apache http daemon file inode disclosure vulnerability
This site explains how ETags can be a possible security vulnerability.
- Apache module mod_rewrite
Description of Apache's
mod_rewritemodule. - Bug 39727 - Incorrect ETag on gziped content
Description of how ETags may cause issues with gzipped content on proxies.
- Caching mod_gzip compressed data using proxy servers
Description of Apache's
mod_gzipmodule. - Caching Tutorial for Web Authors and Webmasters
A clear yet thorough review from Mark Nottingham of how caching works on the Web.
- CoDeeN -- A CDN on PlanetLab
A content delivery network from Princeton University.
- Fasterfox - Performance and network tweaks for Firefox
Firefox add-on for measuring and improving Firefox response times.
- Firebug - Web Development Evolved
Joe Hewitt's web development tool.
- Globule: the Open-Source Content Distribution Network
A content delivery network from Vrije Universiteit.
- HTTP/1.1: Caching in HTTP
Explanation of how
If-None-Matchtakes precedence overIf-Modified-Since. - HTTP/1.1: Connections
Guideline suggesting browsers download two components in parallel per hostname.
- HTTP/1.1: Header Field Definitions (Vary)
Description of the HTTP
Varyresponse header. - HTTP/1.1: Header Field Definitions
Description of the HTTP
Expiresresponse header. - How Internet Explorer uses the cache for DNS host entries
Explanation of Internet Explorer's DNS configuration settings.
- How to change the default keep-alive time-out value in Internet Explorer
Explanation of Internet Explorer's DNS configuration settings.
- How to configure Internet Explorer to have more than two download sessions
How to change the number of parallel downloads in Internet Explorer.
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
The HTTP specification.
- Internet Explorer Loses the First 2048 Bytes of Data That Are Sent Back by Web Servers That Use HTTP Compression
Support article describing problems with gzip in Internet Explorer 5.5.
- Internet Explorer May Lose the First 2,048 Bytes of Data That Are Sent Back from a Web Server That Uses HTTP Compression
Support article describing problems with gzip in Internet Explorer 6.0.
- JSLint, The JavaScript Verifier
Doug Crockford's JavaScript analysis tool.
- JSMin, The JavaScript Minifier
Doug Crockford's JavaScript minifier.
- Keynote Systems - Web and Mobile Service Performance Testing Corporation
The Keynote web monitoring service.
- Links in HTML documents
Description of the HTML
LINKelement. - mod_deflate - Apache HTTP Server
Description of Apache's
mod_deflatemodule. - mod_dir - Apache HTTP Server
Description of Apache's
mod_dirmodule. - mod_expires - Apache HTTP Server
Description of Apache's
mod_expiresmodule. - mod_gzip - serving compressed content by the Apache webserver
The
mod_gzipweb site. - O'Reilly - Safari Books Online - Home Page
O'Reilly's Safari online books.
- O'Reilly Media -- Bookstore: HTTP: The Definitive Guide
Overview of HTTP by David Gourley and Brian Totty.
- Performance Research, Part 2: Browser Cache Usage - Exposed! Yahoo! User Interface Blog
Statistics on the percentage of users and page views with an empty versus primed cache.
- Performance Research, Part 4: Maximizing Parallel Downloads in the Carpool Lane Yahoo! User Interface Blog
Experiment analyzing how increasing the number of parallel downloads affects performance.
- psydk.org - PngOptimizer
A PNG image optimization tool.
- RFC 1034 DOMAIN NAMES - CONCEPTS AND FACILITIES
The DNS specification.
- RFC 1537 Common DNS Data File Configuration Errors
Common mistakes made when configuring DNS records.
- RFC 2397 The "data" URL scheme
The
data:URL scheme specification. - Response Time Overview
The importance of progress indicators by Jakob Nielson.
- ShrinkSafe | The Dojo Toolkit
A JavaScript obfuscator.
- sleep.cgi test page
The source code for sleep.cgi.
- Surfin' Safari
David Hyatt's blog that describes the internals of how browsers work.
- The Coral Content Distribution Network
A content delivery network from New York University.
- The XMLHttpRequest Object
Description of how XMLHttpRequest works.
- The Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI)
The Open Source JavaScript library from Yahoo!.
- The performance of a Web application may decrease, and the network bandwidth may increase after you add a Web server that is running IIS 5.0 to a Web farm that uses network load balancing
Desc
- Use standard redirects - don't break the back button! - Quality Web Tips
The problem with ETags and IIS is described in this article.
- Web 2.0 Compact Definition: Trying Again
Tim O'Reilly's definition of "Web 2.0."
- Web Site Performance Monitoring Services and Testing Tools - Website Customer Experience Management
The Gomez web monitoring service.
- YSlow for Firebug
Yahoo!'s performance analysis tool as an add-on to Firebug.
- Yahoo! UI Library: Connection Manager
Yahoo!'s library for XMLHttpRequest.
- You may experience poor Web performance when you use Internet Explorer 6 to try to access a Web application that is hosted on Internet Information Services 6.0
The problem with ETags and IIS is described in this article.
This is the companion website for High Performance Web Sites by Steve Souders.