Re:Web.dev by Google
by acdha on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @09:06AM
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> I'd put network use in a different category. It is an important issue though.
My rationale for considering it to be included is that as the concept was developed I took the spirit of progressive enhancement to be doing the best with what your users have rather than only catering to people with the same setup you have.
> Now I just wish more devs would start to take advantage of all the great performance tools available. Those best practices are unfortunately rarely taught.
Agreed. I think one of the challenges has been both showing business value from performance — once you're putting things into a cost/benefit comparison it's a lot easier to get people to routinely consider the performance impact of their decisions.
My rationale for considering it to be included is that as the concept was developed I took the spirit of progressive enhancement to be doing the best with what your users have rather than only catering to people with the same setup you have.
> Now I just wish more devs would start to take advantage of all the great performance tools available. Those best practices are unfortunately rarely taught.
Agreed. I think one of the challenges has been both showing business value from performance — once you're putting things into a cost/benefit comparison it's a lot easier to get people to routinely consider the performance impact of their decisions.