When designing a website, how can you maximise speed such that pages load quickly?
Reduce the number of HTTP requests. The number of HTTP requests your website makes is one of the most important variables in its overall performance. In order to display a web page, the browser must fetch a number of files from the server. These may include images, CSS stylesheets, and JavaScript code. The number of requests a browser has to make determines how long a page takes to load. To lessen the number of HTTP requests, you can: Merge several documents into one (e.g., combining CSS and JavaScript files) You should load images via CSS sprites. Get rid of extra costs You should embed the CSS and JavaScript code directly into the HTML rather than using external files. Put browser caching to use When you decrease the number of HTTP requests your website makes, you boost its performance and loading time. Activate Caching in Your Browser To further boost website performance, browser caching can be enabled. By caching a user's browser, static files like images and scripts are saved...