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Direct link to the article Rendering Spectrum
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Rendering Spectrum

Here are the big categories of rendering websites:

  • Client: ship a <div id="root"</div and let a JavaScript template render all of it.
  • Static: pre-render the HTML.
  • Server: let a live server process requests and generate the
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Chris Coyier on Nov 24, 2020 Updated on Nov 25, 2020
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Direct link to the article How to Load Fonts in a Way That Fights FOUT and Makes Lighthouse Happy
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How to Load Fonts in a Way That Fights FOUT and Makes Lighthouse Happy

A web font workflow is simple, right? Choose a few nice-looking web-ready fonts, get the HTML or CSS code snippet, plop it in the project, and check if they display properly. People do this with Google Fonts a zillion times …

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Adrian Bece on Nov 24, 2020 Updated on Dec 6, 2020
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Direct link to the article The Fight Against Layout Jank
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The Fight Against Layout Jank

A web page isn’t locked in stone just because it has rendered visually. Media assets, like images, can come in and cause the layout to shift based on their size, which typically isn’t known in fluid layouts until they do …

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Chris Coyier on Jul 10, 2019
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Direct link to the article Using the Paint Timing API
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Using the Paint Timing API

It’s a great time to be a web performance aficionado, and the arrival of the Paint Timing API in Chrome 60 is proof positive of that fact. The Paint Timing API is yet another addition to the burgeoning Performance API…

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Jeremy Wagner on Aug 16, 2017 Updated on Aug 21, 2017
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Direct link to the article Understanding the Critical Rendering Path
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Understanding the Critical Rendering Path

Ire Aderinokun:

There are 6 stages to the CRP –

  1. Constructing the DOM Tree
  2. Constructing the CSSOM Tree
  3. Running JavaScript
  4. Creating the Render Tree
  5. Generating the Layout
  6. Painting

I imagine if you’re really getting into performance work, you’ll want a …

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Chris Coyier on Feb 1, 2017

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