I recently gave two presentations about creating faster websites at an internal conference at work. This is a list of the references I used in those presentations. I may continue to add to this as questions come up in the comments or via twitter.
Creating Faster Websites (Tuesday, Oct 12 @ 10am)
JSLint
CompressorRater
Sprite Generator
Steve Souders
Yahoo Performance Rules
Stubornella designing fast websites presentation
Aaron’s performance links on delicious
Creating Even Faster Websites (Tuesday, Oct 12 @ 11am)
CSS3 Stuff
Bandwidth
Tools
- Web Developer Toolbar (Firefox/Chrome)
- Firebug (Firefox)
- YSlow! (Firefox, requires Firebug)
- Page Speed (Firefox, requires Firebug)
- Hammerhead (Firefox)
- Throttle (Firefox/IE)
- AOL Page Test (IE)
Websites
Sprite Test
Full Size – Page, Results
Minified – Page, Results
Sprited – Page, Results
Gzipped – Page, Results