{"product_id":"9781491950692","title":"Web Performance Tuning: Speeding up the Web","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs long as there's been a Web, people have been trying to make it faster. The maturation of the Web has meant more users, more data, more features, and consequently longer waits on the Web. Improved performance has become a critical factor in determining the usability of the Web in general and of individual sites in particular.\u003ci\u003eWeb Performance Tuning, 2nd Edition\u003c\/i\u003e is about getting the best possible performance from the Web. This book isn't just about tuning web server software; it's also about streamlining web content, getting optimal performance from a browser, tuning both client and server hardware, and maximizing the capacity of the network itself.\u003ci\u003eWeb Performance Tuning\u003c\/i\u003e hits the ground running, giving concrete advice for quick results -- the \"blunt instruments\" for improving crippled performance right away. The book then shifts gears to give a conceptual background of the principles of computing performance. The latter half of the book examines each element of a web transaction -- from client to network to server -- to find the weak links in the chain and show how to strengthen them.In this second edition, the book has been significantly expanded to include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew chapters on Web site architecture, security, reliability, and their impact on performance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed discussion of scalability of Java on multi-processor servers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerl scripts for writing web performance spiders that handle logins, cookies, SSL, and more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed instructions on how to use Perl DBI and the open source program gnuplot to generate performance graphs on the fly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoverage of rstat, a Unix-based open source utility for gathering performance statistics remotely\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eIn addition, the book includes many more examples and graphs of real-world performance problems and their solutions, and has been updated for Java 2.This book is for anyone who has waited too long for a web page to display, or watched the servers they manage slow to a crawl. It's about making the Web more usable for everyone.","brand":"O'Reilly Media, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47142570524912,"sku":"9781491950692","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781491950692_p0.jpg?v=1763661526","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781491950692","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}