Amazon.co.uk Review
Whether you're administering a Web site, managing an intranet, or just browsing the Web, performance should be a chief concern. In
Web Performance Tuning, author Patrick Killelea tackles this challenging topic with a methodical string of problems and possible solutions. This title is most beneficial for those maintaining Web sites but offers several browser-related tips and solid technical background for users of any level.
The first part of this book discusses the basic performance challenges for the browser and server sides of the equation and advises on an overall approach for identifying and attacking performance bottlenecks. The author offers many important questions for you to keep in mind and some useful techniques for measuring Web performance. This section wraps up with a few case studies that exhibit common problems.
The meat of the book is an in-depth look at all of the aspects of Web performance. The author begins with the client browser and operating-system software, discusses network hardware and protocols and finally addresses the complex nature of server configurations. He concludes with a discussion of Common Gateway Interface (CGI) and Java scripts and some quick coverage of tuning Web databases.
Throughout the book, Killelea addresses popular application software titles, though with an emphasis on UNIX servers. While Web Performance Tuning is a helpful tool for tweaking your Web connections, it also serves as an excellent primer on the technical details of the Web. --Stephen Plain
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
"This book still scores highly on the sections which are general in their scope, particularly the new chapters which have been written for this edition. The more specific sections feel dates, and are likely to further age extremely quickly. Overall the book is still a good source for advice on identifying performance bottlenecks and suggesting ways to tune the infrastructure to eliminate them." - Joel Smith, News@UKUUG, October 2002
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