Keep-Alive header
– Keeps a connection open between the browser and server
– Saves time
– Most sites have these enabled by default

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Time to first byte – the amount of time it takes your server to send a browser the first byte of your page.
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Google Page Insights can also help. More user friendly. Not as granular.

developers.google.com/speed/page…

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Chrome extension to launch the current URL on WebPageTest.org chrome.google.com/webstore/detai…

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webpagetests.org will help you debug performance issues with your site.

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EasyEngine.io is a software script to install server software, modules, and WordPress on a server easy. Sysadmin in a box

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Lunch was so good you guys #WCAVL

@caseydriscoll It’s ranked from easiest to hardest based on @JulienMelissas highly opinionated findings.

@cirsca Beats me. I do things the old fashioned way with PHP and HTML.

JS Framework Easiness Rankings:

– Angular
– Backbone
– React
– Ember

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Angular vs Backbone vs React vs Ember gist.github.com/makmanalp/9b7f50…

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@mr_suh @awesomecon CATCH THEM! CATCH THEM ALL!

WP-API complaint: JSON convention is an object and then a data key. WP-API is an array of objects.

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@brentalexander This is the only way I can pay attention. Demo time now = break time for my fingers.

Should use Webpack if you’re using React not Gulp or Grunt

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React
– WordPress’ Calypso uses React github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso
– Good way to get into React

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React
– Server-side renderable
– Components work on the fronted and backend

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React
– Just compares about state components
– Redux lets you go back and forward in time via a JSON blob
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React:
– Components
– JSX (which looks like butchered HTML)
– The hardest to explain because it doesn’t do anything for you

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React:
– New “cool kid”
– 26KB but doesn’t come with much
– Just the view layer *V*
– “Give me data, I’ll put it on a page for you”

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