Learn Performance

Improve your website's speed and reliability to provide a better user experience. Use tools to monitor and optimize page load times, server response, and uptime.
  1. Quick Tip: Make AMP’s Inline CSS Easier With Jade or PHP

    Quick Tip: Make AMP’s Inline CSS Easier With Jade or PHP

    Tutorial Beginner

    If you see yourself making more than one AMP template you’ll want to find a way to write your CSS in an external stylesheet so your usual workflow is...

  2. AMP in 60 Seconds

    AMP in 60 Seconds

    Tutorial Beginner

    The AMP project is an open source initiative backed by Google, with the goal of making websites faster. Here’s what it is, in sixty seconds!

  3. The State of SEO in 2016

    The State of SEO in 2016

    Tutorial Beginner

    More than a year has passed since our last SEO update, so it’s time to take a look at some of the SEO changes which have happened over the last twelve...

  4. AMP Project: Will it Make Your Sites Faster?

    AMP Project: Will it Make Your Sites Faster?

    Tutorial Beginner

    AMP is an initiative from Google, and has the goal of making mobile sites load faster whilst providing a better experience for users. In this article we’re...

  5. How to Optimize WordPress Websites

    How to Optimize WordPress Websites

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this short video tutorial from my recent course on optimizing page load, you’ll learn a few tips and tricks on how to optimize WordPress websites.

  6. A Quick Guide to Google’s PageSpeed Insights

    A Quick Guide to Google’s PageSpeed Insights

    Tutorial Beginner

    As the name implies, Google’s PageSpeed Insights is a tool you can use to find out how fast your pages really are. Let’s see how you can use it to improve...

  7. New Course on Optimizing Page Load

    New Course on Optimizing Page Load

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this course you’ll learn how to improve web-page performance. We’ll cover what that means, why it’s so important to consider, and how you can optimize...

  8. Performance Matters: Open Assignment

    Performance Matters: Open Assignment

    Tutorial Beginner

    This is an open assignment to accompany my recent course on optimizing web page performance. Check out the course, watch through the assignment video,...

  9. Performance Matters: Optimizing Page Load

    Performance Matters: Optimizing Page Load

    Course Beginner

    In this course you’ll learn how to improve web-page performance. We’ll cover what that means, why it’s so important to consider, and how you can optimize...

  10. Everything You Need to Know About Google Search Console

    Everything You Need to Know About Google Search Console

    Tutorial Beginner

    One of the first things you should do after launching a website is create a Google Search Console account. Why? Because it helps you understand how Google...

  11. Designing for the WATCH

    Designing for the WATCH

    Tutorial Beginner

    With the upcoming launch of Apple’s newest and shiniest product, the Apple Watch (err, WATCH) there are many designers out there itching to get a feel for...

  12. Quick Tip: Fewer Nodes = Lighter SVG

    Quick Tip: Fewer Nodes = Lighter SVG

    Tutorial Beginner

    Recently I found myself playing about on the snap.svg site (take a look if you haven't used it yourself yet). It has a really nice SVG polygon background on...