waterfall antipatterns - web performance analysis
DESCRIPTION
You've been asked to investigate why your web site is loading slowly. You've heard of WebPagetest.org so you enter the URL and run a test. What appears next is a colorful chart that looks like a Dr. Seuss illustration. Some bars are long, some are short. Some bars are blue, some are green. "That's nice," you say to yourself, wondering what to do next. It looks benign, innocently simple. But you know it holds many secrets. The waterfall chart is a mysterious force to some developers. Performance gurus seem to be able to divine the ailments of a slow site at one quick glance. "How?" you wonder. The reality is that anyone can read a waterfall chart - if they know that they are looking for. This presentation will bestow upon you the ability to recognize specific patterns in a waterfall chart, patterns which are the signs of a slow site. Using these newfound skills, you will become that performance guru and everyone will rejoice. Presented to the NY Web Performance Group on February 27, 2013. http://www.meetup.com/Web-Performance-NY/events/101056702/TRANSCRIPT
Waterfall AntiPatterns
NY Web Performance GroupFebruary 27, 2013
Rick ViscomiPerformance Engineer
About Me
● Performance EngineerScripps Networks Interactive○ Food Network○ Travel Channel○ HGTV
● Open source developer○ trunk8○ red dwarf
Web Performance
Waterfall AntiPatterns
Anatomy of a Request
● DNS Lookup● Initial Connection● SSL Negotiation● TTFB● Content Download
HTTP Responses
● 301 Moved Permanently● 302 Found
HTTP Responses
● 304 Not Modified
● Cache static content with long TTL○ Cache-Control: max-age=31536000
Last-Modified: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:17:34 GMT
● Cache busting○ style_20130228.css
HTTP Responses
● 404 Not Found
Extra Credit: What happened here?
Canceled Requests
Internet Explorer only »
Navigation Timing
● domContentLoaded* (document.ready)● Start Render (first paint)● loadEvent* (onload)● Document Complete (loadEventStart)* Chrome and Firefox only
Navigation Timing
Navigation Timing
Navigation Timing
Request Serialization
● "stair step" pattern
● many requests
● few connections○ 2 - 6
● HTTP 2.0?
Request Serialization
Connection View
cssjavascriptimagesflash
Closed Connections
● TCP overhead
● Enable Keep-Alive
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Network Silence
● bandwidth utilization low
● CPU utilization high○ why?
Demo
Summary
● waterfall slope● request components● HTTP responses
○ redirects○ conditional GETs○ errors
● page load events● request concurrency● network utilization
Thank You
Rick Viscomijrvis.com
@rick_viscomi
Hands-OnWeb Performance
Optimization Workshop
Coming Soon:
June 18, 2013Santa Clara, CA
Preview: Worst of WebPagetest
● 46 requests○ 5 successful
● 21 seconds to Start Render
● 30% gzip savings
www.aplia.com
Preview: Worst of WebPagetest
● 443 requests
● 8,000 DOM elements
● 1.6 MB of JavaScript
● 75 unique domains
coder143.com
Preview: Worst of WebPagetest
● 2 MB page weight
● 26 second load time
● 17 second repeat view
www.taboradelaide.edu.au/
Thank You
Rick Viscomijrvis.com
@rick_viscomi
Hands-OnWeb Performance
Optimization Workshop
Coming Soon:
June 18, 2013Santa Clara, CA