Thomas Ardal

Freelance software consultant and entrepreneur building SaaS applications like elmah.io

WebOptimizer

2 posts

YSlow rule #11 - Minify JavaScript and CSS

Thomas Ardal on Minify JavaScript, Minify style sheet, SquishIt, WebOptimizer, YSlow | 16 Jun 2011

Way down the list of YSlow rules, we’ve reached rule number 11, which is important and a no-brainer to implement. The rule is titled “Minify JavaScript and CSS.” So what is minification, and why do we need it? Both JavaScript and CSS files are packed with unnessecary characters like…

YSlow rule #5 - Gzip Components

Thomas Ardal on ASP.NET MVC, Compression, IIS, WebOptimizer, YSlow | 30 Mar 2011

We all know it: zipping is a great way to compress the size of a file. This rule also applies on the web. Zipping responses from a server is natively implemented in the HTTP version 1.1 standard, which is why you don’t have any excuse left not to…