Hard Costs of Third-Party Scripts

October 21, 2018design tips

Dave Rupert:

Every client I have averages ~30 third-party scripts but discussions about reducing them with stakeholders end in “What if we load them all async?” This is a good rebuttal because there are right and wrong ways to load third-party scripts, but there is still a cost, a cost that’s passed on to the user. And that’s what I want to investigate.

Yes, performance is a major concern. But it’s not just the loading time and final weight …

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Shared vs. Managed WordPress Hosting: Which One Is Right for You?

October 21, 2018design tips
Your choice of web hosting is an important consideration. Getting it right is like adding jet fuel to your average car engine. However, a poor selection can hamper your site’s effectiveness, much like adding the wrong type of gas to your car. In other words, matching the right host to your needs is crucial. While …
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Building Skeleton Components with React

October 21, 2018design tips

One of the advantages of building a Single Page Application (SPA) is the way navigating between pages is extremely fast. Unfortunately, the data of our components is sometimes only available after we have navigated to a specific part of our application. We can level up the user’s perceived performance by breaking the component into two pieces: the container (which displays a skeleton view when it’s empty) and the content. If we delay the rendering of the content component until we …

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8 Tips for Great Code Reviews

October 18, 2018design tips

Kelly Sutton with good advice on code reviews. Hard to pick a favorite. I like all the stuff about minding your tone and getting everyone involved, but I also think the computerization stuff is important:

If a computer can decide and enforce a rule, let the computer do it. Arguing spaces vs. tabs is not a productive use of human time.

Re: Tip #6: it’s pretty cool when the tools you use can help with that, like this new GitHub …

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Why Do You Use Frameworks?

October 18, 2018design tips

Nicole Sullivan asked. People said:

  • 🐦… for the same reason that I buy ingredients rather than growing/raising all of my own food.
  • 🐦 I write too many bugs without them.
  • 🐦 Avoiding bikeshedding.
  • 🐦 … to solve problems that are adjacent to, but distinct from, the problem I’m trying to solve at hand.
  • 🐦 Because to create the same functionality would require a much larger team
  • 🐦 I want to be able to focus on building the product

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9 Best SEO Content Writing Tips You Need to Know

October 18, 2018design tips
Although keywords still matter for SEO, the emphasis has shifted to quality of the content. This means that successful content writing comes only as the result of intentional effort and skills. By learning the following 9 SEO tips, you can get your content to rank at the top of relevant organic search results. 1. Use …
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How to Switch Website Hosting that Won’t Affect Your SEO

October 18, 2018design tips
If you have put in a lot of effort into your search engine optimization, you might be afraid that your efforts will go down the drain if you switch hosts. So does hosting affect SEO? Yes, it does. Web hosting for SEO is a critical factor for your rankings as it affects essential attributes such …
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