Jamstack and Web Performance, a match made in heaven
What if you could solve web performance by shifting work from request time to build time? Learn how Jamstack delivers lightning-fast sites via pre-rendering and a global CDN.
#1about 5 minutes
How the web has grown heavier over a decade
Statistics from the HTTP Archive show a dramatic increase in page weight and resource requests, especially for JavaScript and video.
#2about 6 minutes
Introducing the core concepts of Jamstack architecture
Jamstack decouples the frontend from the backend by serving pre-built markup from edge servers instead of traditional origin servers.
#3about 4 minutes
Using static site generators to pre-render markup
Static site generators (SSGs) render pages at build time, creating static HTML files that can be deployed directly to a CDN.
#4about 4 minutes
Adding dynamic functionality to sites with APIs
Third-party APIs for services like authentication, payments, and media management replace the need for custom server-side code execution.
#5about 3 minutes
Understanding the modern Git-based deployment workflow
A commit to a Git repository automatically triggers a build and atomic deployment of the site to a global CDN network.
#6about 5 minutes
How Jamstack provides performance benefits out of the box
The Jamstack architecture and its tooling ecosystem automatically handle many backend and frontend optimizations like caching, compression, and minification.
#7about 6 minutes
Using Lighthouse to audit your site's performance
A practical demonstration shows how to use the Lighthouse tool in Chrome DevTools to measure performance and Core Web Vitals.
#8about 4 minutes
Analyzing real user metrics with PageSpeed Insights
PageSpeed Insights provides crucial field data from real users, offering a more accurate performance picture than local lab tests alone.
#9about 4 minutes
Dramatically reducing image size with a CDN
Using an image CDN service like Cloudinary allows for automatic format and quality adjustments that significantly reduce file size.
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