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Performance Testing - Tools, Steps, and Best Practices

Web performance is a broad subject, and you’ll find no shortage of performance testing tips and tutorials all over the web. Before you begin tuning your website or application, you must first figure out which metrics matter most to your users and establish some achievable benchmarks. What is performance testing? In the context of web development, performance testing entails using software tools to simulate how an application runs under specific circumstances.

Responsive Images - Serve Scaled Images

Responsive image techniques, such as the srcset, sizes, and media HTML attributes, allow different scaled images to be delivered based on the size and resolution of the accessing device. This allows you to further optimize your image delivery to improve the overall performance of your website or application. Instead of taking a single image and only making it responsive with CSS, which is then delivered to all devices, you can deliver completely different images based on the requesting device.

Image CDN - Speed up the Delivery of Your Most Important Asset

Images are an integral part of the web today and are used in all sorts of different ways. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, that is probably true, as long as they don’t slow down your website to the point where you are losing visitors. When it comes to optimizing your website, images are generally the most important asset you should spend time on figuring out how to reduce in size and deliver in a more efficient way.

6 Proven Ways to Improve Your Ecommerce Conversion Rate

The world of ecommerce continues to grow year by year. As consumers want to purchase items from the comfort of their own home and have them delivered in a timely manner, the opportunities in ecommerce are ever-expanding. However, in 2019, the expectation for a good user experience is now higher than ever. Customer want to know they can trust the website they are buying from, they want to access the website fast, and they want a great offer.

KeyCDN Launches WebP Caching

WebP has become a popular image format. Therefore, we’ve developed a solution to even better integrate WebP into our service. We’re happy to announce that WebP caching has landed! The new feature integrates into the existing CDN and is available to all customers. We offer both a one click solution with no change required on your origin server as well as an approach where you can deliver the WebP assets from your origin server.

KeyCDN Launches Image Processing

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve added the Image Processing feature! This new feature is available to all customers, is fully integrated into our existing network, and allows comprehensive on the fly image transformation and optimization. Images can now be altered in real time with simple query parameters and will then be delivered by our CDN. It’s no longer necessary to store several variations of the same image on your server.

The Benefits of Usability Testing Explained

Creating an intuitive application or website takes time. What may seem intuitive to one person may not be to the next. Developers often improve the usability of their application or website through trial and error as well as user feedback. What your users are saying about your product is very important because without them the business can’t survive. That’s why in this article we’re going to discuss usability testing and explore what it is and how to perform a usability test to evaluate a product.

Top 8 Best Backend Frameworks

There are a myriad of options available when choosing which backend framework you want to work with. Although each backend framework comes with its own set of pros and cons, there are also a few other factors you’ll want to take into consideration before making a final decision. In this guide, we’ll take a closer look at both tried and true as well as newer frameworks to help you decide which is the best backend framework for you.

Web Development Trends 2019

Smart developers are always looking ahead for ways to adapt in the ever changing world of web development. As trends emerge, new opportunities will arise. No one could have imagined what the web would look like today 20 years ago, so who knows what the coming decades will hold. Staying on top of the latest web development trends could eventually help you land a job that doesn’t exist yet. Here is a roundup of frontend web development trends to keep an eye on in 2019.

Exploring Differences Between HTTP Preload vs HTTP/2 Push

HTTP Preload and HTTP/2’s feature “Server Push” are both methods that can be used to improve the loading efficiency of your web application. Although there are similarities between Push and Preload, they are two distinct features and each serve their own purpose. In this article, we’ll go over the similarities and differences between HTTP Preload vs HTTP/2 Push and discuss when it makes sense to use each. What is HTTP/2 Push?