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Summary: I expected more...
Comment: While the information in the book is good information to know, it is (as others have said) information that pretty much gave a "yeah, I knew that" type of impression. And at only 137 pages of text, it's a very light read. If you are a new web developer, this is a nice collection of tips. As an experienced developer, there's nothing new here. And at $29 for its minimal 137 pages, it's really just an expensive checklist of 14 simple items. Too pricey for what you get in my opinion.
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Summary: Must Read for Web Site Performance Testers
Comment: I am a software performance tester and a teacher of performance testers. This is the best single reference I have found to assist software testers in learning what to look for in terms of what will have significant negative impact on the user perceived response time of a web site. In fact, I've incorporated the lessons from this book into my training course for performance testers and provide copies of this book to my students along with my own book about performance testing.
As far as I am concerned, this book should be required reading for anyone who develops or tests the performance of web sites.
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Summary: Practical, organized, detailed, succinct... fantastic
Comment: A web, database and compiled application developer of over 7 years, I read a lot. Typically about a thousand pages a week worth of technical books (cover to cover, my wife thinks I'm nuts). Having read this one recently it is the first to have compelled me to write an Amazon book review.
My hat is off to Steve Souders. The book is perfectly organized and packed with his valuable insights into what matters most when working to optimize website performance.
To everyone thinking about buying this book, I encourage you to do so. It's a great read and can give even seasoned web programmers valuable new insights into how to improve site performance. Steve is one of those rare authors that is both smart enough to boil complex subjects down into simple explanations and nice enough to do it for his readers with a consistency that is rare even among the best technical writers. To top it all he manages to do so with a light, frank style.
A joy to read. Thanks Steve. Can't wait for your next book.
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Summary: Solid rules in a small book
Comment: Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1CYIO1SY8WKEN One of the author's of: AdvancED Flex Application Development: Building Rich Media X (Advanced)
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Summary: Excellent Book
Comment: Thin book, chocked full of good information backed by research. This guy is a Yahoo! front end engineer. No slouch here. He didn't write this just to get a book published and he makes more at Yahoo! than he would off a highly specialized book like this. His premise is correct, everyone focuses on the back-end server side of the web in order to speed things up. He gives the tip, what research he's done to back it up, and also why it works that way. He points you to other publications for deep background information. Its an excellent programmer's book. A newbie can read this too, but a typical non-programmer would not understand the material very well.
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