Your local dev environment lies about performance. Learn three practical testing methods to ensure a fast experience for every user.
#1about 5 minutes
Why frontend performance is crucial for business and users
Poor performance negatively impacts users with slow internet or low-end devices and directly harms business revenue and signups.
#2about 3 minutes
Understanding key frontend performance metrics and KPIs
Key performance indicators like Time to Interactive and First Contentful Paint translate technical measurements into the perceived user experience.
#3about 2 minutes
Setting aggressive goals for key performance metrics
Establish clear, aggressive targets for metrics like JavaScript bundle size and Time to Interactive to guide optimization efforts.
#4about 3 minutes
An overview of proactive, reactive, and passive testing
Performance testing can be categorized into proactive (during development), reactive (in CI/CD), and passive (continuous monitoring) approaches.
#5about 5 minutes
Proactive testing with dev tools and bundle analyzers
Use browser dev tools for network throttling and tools like Webpack Bundle Analyzer to identify large dependencies during local development.
#6about 11 minutes
Automating reactive performance testing in your CI/CD pipeline
Integrate automated Lighthouse and WebPageTest runs into your CI/CD pipeline to track performance KPIs and enforce budgets on every build.
#7about 3 minutes
Using passive testing for continuous real-user monitoring
Employ external services like New Relic or Calibre to continuously monitor live site performance and gather real-user data over time.
#8about 3 minutes
Key takeaways for building a strong performance culture
Building a performance-focused culture relies on collecting data, automating everything, and fostering developer empathy through practices like "2G Tuesdays".
Related jobs
Jobs that call for the skills explored in this talk.
WeAreDevelopers LIVE days are changing - get ready to take partStarting with this week's Web Dev Day edition of WeAreDevelopers LIVE Days, we changed the the way we run these online conferences. The main differences are:Shorter talks (half an hour tops)More interaction in Q&AA tips and tricks "Did you know" sect...
Daniel Cranney
Dev Digest 213: Petrol Prices, Agentic Workflows, AI Skills and CODE100!Inside last week’s Dev Digest 213 .
🤫 Don’t tell your LLM that it is an expert
👻 AI generated code is invisible
🔄 Learn about agentic workflows
🛡️ Linux Foundation sponsors fight against AI slop
🦠 1M users infected by Chrome extension
🫃 The why of J...