Performance simply matters. Technology may allow us to "go bigger", but maybe not necessarily be better when it comes to performance. Now is the time to utilize the amazing tools that are available for making websites faster, and to learn how to improve user experience and satisfaction.

This is a practical collection of tutorials on back-end website performance for web developers. It's packed with useful, real world hints and tips that you can use on your sites today. It contains:

This book is for all back-end developers who wish to build sites and apps that are more performant. You'll need to be familiar with server-side development in order to follow the discussion.