Optimizing Web Performance in 2024

In the competitive digital landscape, website performance is paramount. This guide provides actionable steps to optimize your web application's speed. We will cover everything from image optimization (using formats like AVIF and WebP), code splitting, and lazy loading to advanced topics like caching strategies, prefetching resources, and optimizing your critical rendering path. We will also dive into the Core Web Vitals (LCP, FID, CLS) and provide tools and techniques to measure and improve these key metrics. By the end of this post, you will have a checklist of performance optimizations you can apply to any project.

Topics Covered:

• Next-gen image formats and the element.
• Effective JavaScript and CSS minification and bundling.
• Server-side optimizations like Gzip compression and HTTP/3.
• Using a CDN to deliver assets faster globally.