A Guide to Caching and Compression for High Performance Web Applications
Understanding HTTP's cache headers and compression capabilities is a prerequisite for building high-performance web applications.
by Puneet Sangal
July 1, 2009
ver the past several years, web applications have evolved from collections of simple HTML pages into highly scalable and interactive rich applications built using a variety of technologies. Designing and developing these applications is complex. In addition, decision makers are increasingly seeking to build even more rich interactive capabilities into such applications while still maintaining or improving their performance. But high performance comes at a cost. To build web applications that deliver a solid end user experience, developers need to address the potential performance bottlenecks.
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ver the past several years, web applications have evolved from collections of simple HTML pages into highly scalable and interactive rich applications built using a variety of technologies. Designing and developing these applications is complex. In addition, decision makers are increasingly seeking to build even more rich interactive capabilities into such applications while still maintaining or improving their performance. But high performance comes at a cost. To build web applications that deliver a solid end user experience, developers need to address the potential performance bottlenecks.
