OOJS book free chapter 8 on YUIblog
Chapter 8 of the Object-Oriented JavaScript is available at the YUIblog.com. Enjoy! Chapter 2 is also available at the publisher's site. Probably thanks to YUIBlog, the book was #7#6 in the JavaScript...
View ArticleSearch site bookmarklet with YUI and BOSS
Ever wanted to search only the web site you're currently on? Not the page, but the whole site. And only this site, not the rest of the web. This bookmarklet does just that. Install Right-click this...
View ArticleSorting CSS to reduce gzip file sizes?
Yesterday I came across this post (via Ajaxian), it talks about how you might be able to end up with smaller file sizes (after gzipping) if you help gzip a little bit by sorting the CSS properties and...
View Articlecssmin.js
cssmin.js is a JavaScript port of YUICompressor's CSS minifier. The motivation Minifying CSS helps reduce file sizes and makes your pages faster and your users happier. YUICompressor is cool but is...
View ArticleReducing the payload: compression, minification, 204s
2010 update: Lo, the Web Performance Advent Calendar hath moved Dec 11 This post is part of the 2009 performance advent calendar experiment. Stay tuned for the next articles. After removing all the...
View ArticlePerformance job offers
I'm sure quite a few of you my fellow readers are crazy about web performance. And if you're seeking new challenges, timing can't be any better. Below are three excellent opportunities in three of the...
View ArticleOne-click Minifier Gadget (OMG) – initial checkin
So I've been thinking and talking to folks about this idea of having one-stop shop for all your minification needs. Minification of JS and CSS as well as image optimization helps site performance by...
View ArticleYUICompressor’s CSSMin
Honored to be a part of the YUI project, I am now helping with the maintenance of the CSSMin part of the YUICompressor. My changes are now part of the trunk on github, so I'm official. Next on the...
View ArticleYUI CSS Min – part 2
The first part is here. It was more about building the YUICompressor, writing and running test cases. Now let's see what the compressor does exactly to your CSS. BTW, you can play with the web UI to...
View ArticleYUI CSS min – part 3 – hacks
The previous parts are here (building and testing) and here (what gets minified). Now let's see how YUI CSS min handles CSS hacks. As you know CSS hacks often use errors in CSS parsers in browsers to...
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