Days 18 Hours 1-2

Day 18 Hour 1-2: Performance Optimisation

As we move into the penultimate day of our course, the first session will be dedicated to Performance Optimisation. Ensuring your web application performs well under varying loads and speeds is critical to user experience and satisfaction. Here's what we will cover in this session:

Understanding Web Performance: We'll start by discussing what web performance is and why it's important. We'll also introduce key metrics to measure web performance, such as load time, time to first byte, time to interactive, and more.

Performance Issues in Web Applications: We'll identify common performance bottlenecks in web applications built using Softr. This can include issues like inefficient database queries, slow server response times, large file sizes, and more.

Optimising Softr Web Applications: We'll explore various techniques for improving the performance of your Softr web application:

Minifying CSS and JavaScript Files: We'll discuss how reducing the size of CSS and JavaScript files can significantly improve load times. Softr automatically handles much of this, but we'll discuss additional steps you can take.

Optimising Media Content: Large media files can significantly slow down your website. We'll talk about how to optimise images and other media content without sacrificing quality.

Leveraging Browser Caching: Caching can dramatically improve your website's load time for repeat visitors. We'll cover how to leverage browser caching to store parts of your website locally.

Using Content Delivery Networks (CDNs): A CDN can help speed up your website by storing copies of your site on servers around the world. We'll discuss how to use CDNs to improve your site's performance.

Practical Application: We'll apply these concepts to our group project web applications, identifying areas of potential performance improvement and implementing optimisation techniques.

By the end of this session, you should have a good understanding of how to optimise the performance of your Softr web applications, leading to a faster, smoother user experience.

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