High-Performance Browser Networking

Grigorik, Ilya

ISBN 10: 1449344763 / ISBN 13: 9781449344764

Published by O'Reilly Media, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: High-Performance Browser Networking
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1449344763
• ISBN 13: 9781449344764
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

How prepared are you to build fast and efficient web applications? This eloquent book provides what every web developer should know about the network, from fundamental limitations that affect performance to major innovations for building even more powerful browser applicationsâ??including HTTP 2.0 and XHR improvements, Server-Sent Events (SSE), WebSocket, and WebRTC.

Author Ilya Grigorik, a web performance engineer at Google, demonstrates performance optimization best practices for TCP, UDP, and TLS protocols, and explains unique wireless and mobile network optimization requirements. Youâ??ll then dive into performance characteristics of technologies such as HTTP 2.0, client-side network scripting with XHR, real-time streaming with SSE and WebSocket, and P2P communication with WebRTC.

• Deliver superlative TCP, UDP, and TLS performance
• Speed up network performance over 3G/4G mobile networks
• Develop fast and energy-efficient mobile applications
• Address bottlenecks in HTTP 1.x and other browser protocols
• Plan for and deliver the best HTTP 2.0 performance
• Enable efficient real-time streaming in the browser
• Create efficient peer-to-peer videoconferencing and low-latency applications with real-time WebRTC transports

About the Author

Ilya Grigorik is a a web performance engineer and developer advocate at Google where he works to make the web faster by building and driving adoption of performance best practices at Google, and beyond.