CSS and the Critical Path

Explore techniques for optimizing website loading speed in this conference talk from CSSconf EU 2014. Discover why performance matters and learn about common browser performance bottlenecks, from networking to painting. Gain insights into the critical path browsers take to construct the render tree, including the often-overlooked CSSOM. Examine real-world examples and cutting-edge strategies employed by The Guardian to break news to users within 1000ms. Learn how to optimize and monitor each stage of the critical path to create fast, jank-free websites that provide perceptible responses to user input within hundreds of milliseconds. Presented by Patrick Hamann, a London-based developer specializing in scalable, accessible interfaces and applications across all devices.