Guy Podjarny explains and illustrates the consequences of taking one element of performance optimisation (in this case, inlining), and what happens if you take it past it’s performance tipping point.
URL: http://calendar.perfplanet.com/2011/why-inlining-everything-is-not-the-answer/
Expectations of loading/response times chunked into three segments – and what they mean for visitors.
URL: http://www.zurb.com/article/830/response-times-the-3-important-limits
Joining other tools like webpagetest.org, Pingdom beefs up its load test offering.
A fun tool to compare between two sites to see ‘which loads faster’. Options include testing each site on GTMetrix and multiple loads.
Simple test that breaks down the initial HTTP request by time.
For measuring load times segmented by the request handling.