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Speed: ASP.NET MVC Edition

Sam Saffron (formerly of StackOverflow) rips apart Tekpub.com in an effort to optimize it for speed.

Intermediate
1h 25m
(81)

Last Updated Jul 26, 2019

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Speed: ASP.NET MVC Edition

Sam Saffron (formerly of StackOverflow) rips apart Tekpub.com in an effort to optimize it for speed.

Intermediate
1h 25m
(81)

Last Updated Jul 26, 2019

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In this production, Sam Saffron (formerly of StackOverflow) rips apart Tekpub.com in an effort to optimize it for speed. As a result, Tekpub.com goes from an almost-failing YSlow grade to an A - with a Google Page Speed score of 96. Watch as Rob Conery optimizes his site - concatenating and minifying css and javascript, rolling to a CDN, setting up dynamic compression and proper image caching, unblocking page loads with proper script placement, and a lot more.

Speed: ASP.NET MVC Edition
Intermediate
1h 25m
(81)
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