Archive for the ‘Optimization’ Category
Removing require_once() calls from Zend Framework
If you are using Zend_Loader to load your classes in Zend Framework, there is no need for all the require_once() calls that are littered all over ZF files.
Some acctually report big improvements in responsiveness of their applications and increase in number of transactions per second their hardware can handle because require_once() is quite an expensive operation, especially if the required file is already included prior to the call. Read the rest of this entry »
Optimizing frontend performance with some Javascript magic
So, you know Yahoo!’s Best Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Site by hart and you have already implemented most of the tips on your web site but you are still not satisfied with the performance bottlenecks caused by your banner serving services (OpenX, formerly known as OpenAds and PhpAdsNew in my case) and other stuff you need to use but have no control over it.
Fear no more!