Chapter 8. Keeping JavaScript lean and fast
This chapter covers
- Affecting the loading behavior of the <script> tag
- Replacing jQuery with smaller and faster API-compatible alternatives
- Using native JavaScript methods to replace jQuery functionality
- Animating with the requestAnimationFrame method
The world of JavaScript has exploded into a mélange of libraries and frameworks, leaving us with a slew of options for developing websites. In our excitement to use learn and use them, we often forget that the surest path to a fast website is a willingness to embrace minimalism.
This isn’t to say these tools don’t have a place in the web development landscape. They can be quite useful and can save developers hours of writing code. The goal of ...
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