José M. Pérez
Solutions Engineer at Facebook
Better performance for component-based web apps
Madrid | November 30 - December 1, 2018
José M. Pérez - @jmperezperez
What we'll talk about
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- Modern libraries/frameworks
- ES6
- Code Splitting
- CSS-in-JS
- Combine all to build sites with great performance
…and survive the JavaScript fatigue
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Who I am
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Senior Software Engineer at Spotify
Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies
I build things using web
We ❤️ modern tools
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Source: The State of Javascript 2018
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Developer ergonomics
User experience
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Do not blame the user
Low end device?
Might not afford new one
Old browser?
Might not have permissions to install new one
Slow network?
On a plane, subway, public wifi, limited data plan...
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Welcome to the era of <components />
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<Router>
<TabBar>
<LazyLoad(CoverArt)>
<Connect(NowPlayingBar)>
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Serving a large bundle in the old days
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Application code
Framework code
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Server-Side Rendering a Slow App
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Server-Side Rendering Trade-off
Server-Side Rendering
Waiting for server response
Visible, non-interactive page
Client-Side Rendering
Waiting for server response
Blank page
Execute JS
time
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Ready
Ready
Execute JS
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Solution
Serve to the user just what is needed
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How we used to ensure dependencies
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We didn't have a way* to define dependencies
* With the exception of YUI Loader, Require.JS and custom tools
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ES6 - import/export
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Modelling a web site has pages as dependencies
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Dynamic Loading
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Code Splitting at Path Level
bundle.js
bundle.js
home.js
about.js
contact.js
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THIS IS GREAT
Serve the code for the current path
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More importantly
Adding features has no cost in payload / rendering time
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From this
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To this
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Lazy Loading
- Image
- Text with web font
- Other components
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Viewport
THIS IS EVEN GREATER
Serve the code for the current path
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THIS IS EVEN GREATER
Serve the code for the current path screen
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Polyfill on-demand
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Polyfill on-demand
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THIS IS EVEN MORE GREATER
Serve the code for the current screen
THIS IS EVEN MORE GREATER
Serve the code for the current screen and browser
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CSS-in-JS
Breaking down the styles monolith
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Before code-splitting
styles.css
bundle.js
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Code splitting + CSS-in-JS
bundle.js
account.js
about.js
blog.js
JS code
CSS code within JS
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THIS IS AMAZING
Serve the code for the current screen and browser
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THIS IS AMAZING
Serve the code Break the behemoth of JS and CSS for the current screen and browser
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Wrapping up
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JS fatigue
These are tools. Add them to your toolbox.
Look at the bigger picture
Thanks!
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Better performance for component-based web apps
By José M. Pérez
Better performance for component-based web apps
Modern tools are fun to use and they are useful to create websites with great performance.
