Cost-Effective Website Acceleration

This three-part series outlines a common sense, cost-effective approach to Website acceleration according to the two simple laws of Web performance.

Powell, Thomas A. and Joe Lima. SitePoint (2004). Design>Web Design>Usability>Bandwidth

Developing Your Site for Performance, Part I: 20 Tips for Client-Side Code Optimization

This three-part article outlines a common sense, cost-effective approach to Web site acceleration according to the two simple laws of Web performance: send as little data as possible; send it as infrequently as possible.

Powell, Thomas A. and Joe Lima. uiGarden (2004). Articles>Web Design>HTML

Developing Your Site for Performance, Part II: Optimal Cache Control

Focuses primarily on sending that data as infrequently as possible by means of better utilization of caching on the Web. Once you start to design your sites with an eye towards effective caching control, you will dramatically reduce page load times for your users - particularly your most loyal, repeat visitors - as well as lower your overall bandwidth consumption and free up your server resources.

Powell, Thomas A. and Joe Lima. uiGarden (2005). Articles>Web Design>Usability

开发出高性能的网站，第一部分 — 20个客户端代码优化技巧

这个分为三部分的文章概述了一个直观的、省时省力的方法来提升访问网站的速度，这是基于网站性能有关的两个简单法则。

Powell, Thomas A. and Joe Lima. uiGarden (2004). (Chinese) Articles>Web Design>HTML

开发出高性能的网站，第二部分 — 最佳缓冲控制

本文的第一部分（二月份）介绍了如何通过优化代码来尽可能少的传输数据，在本文的第二部分中，我们将着重介绍如何利用Web端的缓冲技术（caching）来尽可能降低传输的频繁度。一旦您开始注意进行有效的缓冲设置，您便可以极大地减少网页加载的次数，尤其对于经常访问您网站的常客和忠诚的访问者来说更是如此，而且还可以降低您整体带宽的消耗，并减少您有限的服务器资源的占用。

Powell, Thomas A. and Joe Lima. uiGarden (2005). (Chinese) Articles>Web Design>Usability