Monday, June 1, 2009

Tools to Help You Develop Faster Web Pages

by Jacob Gube
If you’re concerned about your web pages’ speed or want to make sure you’re in tip-top shape before starting or launching a project, here’s a few useful, free tools to help you create and sustain high-performance web applications.

1. YSlow for Firebug

YSlow for Firebug - Screenshot

YSlow
grades a website’s performance based on the best practices for high performance web sites on the Yahoo! Developer Network. Each rule is given a letter grade (A through F) stating how you rank on certain aspects of front-end performance.

2. Firebug

Firebug - Screen shot

Firebug
is an essential browser-based web development tool for debugging, testing, and analyzing web pages. It has a powerful set of utilities to help you understand and dissect what’s going on. One of the many notable features is the Net (network”) tab where you can inspect HTML, CSS, XHR, JS components.

3. WebLOAD

WebLOAD - Screen shot

WebLOAD
is an open-source, professional grade stress/load testing suite for web applications. WebLOAD allows testers to perform scripts for load testing using JavaScript.

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