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Part of the tools frontend developers have in their arsenal is the performance API. Part of it is the memory object. It can be used for various causes – from debugging performance through experimenting to performance budget monitoring.
Force reflow (or Layout Reflow) is a major performance bottleneck. It happens when a measurement of the DOM happens after a DOM mutation. With this knowledge, I was able to improve performance of an app in my workplace by 75%. …
The event loop is a core concept in Javascript. It is fundamental in order to understand how asynchronous code works – and how not to work with synchronous code.
Let’s start with a simple example. You have some code that …
The critical rendering path (CRP from now on) is also known as The Pixel Path. It’s actually what happens from the moment your javascript code runs, until the moment the pixels are shown on screen. We can also call it …
In my last article, I talked about the flyweight design pattern. I mostly talked about how it can save you (and your end user) bandwidth.
I failed to mention the save on memory.
If we continue the example from …
Your users expect a fast and smooth experience. Sometimes what stands in the way is how long it takes to download data. The flyweight design pattern is a …
My talk (in Hebrew) at Javascript Israel about Optimization Patterns in Javascript is now online. Enjoy 🙂
My video from confrontJS about reducing garbage collection with the Object Pool design pattern is now live on YouTube!
I’ve recently given a talk about Design Patterns in JS at Javascript Israel. I’ve spoken about memory allocation in JS when I explained about the Object Pool design pattern.
After the talk several people came to ask questions …
After the Object Pool article went online, I was asked this on Facebook:
What I take from here is 2 fold:
