Web Performance Tuning

I just came across this very good article on web performance from Steve Souders over at Yahoo.

Thirteen Simple Rules for Speeding Up Your Web Site

Of course, tuning your UI code isn't always enough to get optimal performance out of your web application (there's a lot of other things to look at in even a simple web application) but it usually can help pretty dramatically given how small the changes often are. So, while it's not the end all be all of web performance, know and implement the thirteen rules and you will be better off than you were before!

For those of you who have Firebug, you can also try their YSlow Firebug plugin. I'm going to give it a try.

At TripIt we've been using YUI pretty extensively. I have to say that I have been extremely impressed with the quality of Javascript and Javascript Tools the guys at Yahoo have been releasing to the public. Keep it up guys, we thank you!