Comments on: Optimizing javascript/jQuery loading time, a beginner’s guide

By: Jaunita Firlit

Jaunita Firlit — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:09:24 +0000

Although i dont usual like to comment about law gone bad, oftentimes i know i must. This is one of those times, I cannot stand sub par search engine optimization.

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By: Bogdan

Bogdan — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:00:49 +0000

I’ve tested your demmo page ang google page speed says ”
Combine external JavaScript”
- I think there are better ways to minify and cache js though

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:48:47 +0000

I’ve been using JScrambler’s minifed jQuery. Working great for me

By: Tutorials July 2010 | SNilesh.com -:- Nilesh Shiragave

Tutorials July 2010 | SNilesh.com -:- Nilesh Shiragave — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:14:58 +0000

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By: Cedric Dugas

Cedric Dugas — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:00:38 +0000

Nice tip!

I will try that for sure

By: skfist

skfist — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:35:32 +0000

Hey Cedric, small note about minify relative paths rewriting issue. This can be prevented by adding one line of code somewhere in config.php of minify. I have had problems with this issue too but since i found solution, i use minify for js as well as for css files. ))

// Disallow css uris rewriting
$min_serveOptions['rewriteCssUris'] = false;

By: Julian

Julian — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:58:11 +0000

Great article! LABjs is definitely a tool I’ll keep in mind when optimizing websites.

By: Cedric Dugas

Cedric Dugas — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:00:06 +0000

@Jennifer

you might want to load cufon in the head if you want your font to load before your text is rendered

That said, you will still gain a boost by using labjs on your other js files

By: Jennifer R

Jennifer R — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:37:17 +0000

Really useful tutorial, this a first time I heard about labJS, maybe I will give it a try.

Could you merger my comment to the last one? I’ve used it , it works well but maybe can’t work with Cufon