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What page optimization methods do you know?

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  • Minification and compression of resources:

    • HTML, CSS, JavaScript: Removing unnecessary spaces, comments, line breaks, shortening variable names.
    • Images: Format optimization (WebP, AVIF), lossless compression, using responsive images.
  • Using CDN (Content Delivery Network): Distributing static resources from servers closest to the user reduces latency.

  • Browser caching: Setting appropriate HTTP headers (Cache-Control, Expires) for caching static resources on the client side.

  • Lazy Loading: Deferred loading of images, videos, and other heavy resources until they appear in the user's visible area.

  • Asynchronous and deferred loading of JavaScript and CSS: Using async and defer attributes to prevent scripts from blocking, loading CSS outside the critical rendering path.

  • Critical CSS optimization: Embedding a minimal set of CSS for rendering the first screen of the page directly into the HTML <head>, with the rest of the CSS loaded asynchronously.

  • Reducing HTTP requests:

    • Combining CSS and JavaScript files.
    • Using sprites for small images.
  • Font optimization:

    • Using WOFF2 format.
    • Applying font-display.
    • Preloading critical fonts.
  • Applying Server-Side Rendering (SSR) or Static Site Generation (SSG): Rendering part or all of the page on the server before sending to the client, improving first contentful paint and SEO.

  • Image optimization:

    • Proper image sizes for different devices.
    • Using <picture> and srcset.
    • Lossy compression.
  • Using Resource Hints (preconnect, prefetch, preload): Browser hints about resources that might be needed soon.

    <!-- Connecting to a domain before requesting a resource -->
    <link rel="preconnect" href="https://example.com">
    <!-- Preloading a resource -->
    <link rel="preload" href="/fonts/font.woff2" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin>
    <!-- Prefetching a resource -->
    <link rel="prefetch" href="/next-page.html">
    
  • DOM optimization: Minimizing DOM tree depth, avoiding costly DOM read/write operations in loops.

  • Rendering optimization (Layout, Paint, Composite): Avoiding forced style recalculations and reflows, using CSS properties that do not trigger repainting of the entire page (e.g., transform, opacity instead of top, left).

  • Using Web Workers: Offloading resource-intensive computations to separate threads to prevent blocking the main UI thread.

  • Progressive loading: Displaying content as it loads.