Summary

In this chapter, we took a deep dive into making websites, especially shopping sites, fast and easy to use. As the person in charge of the front of the website, which is everything users see and interact with, our job is really important in the online shopping world. Every tiny delay on the website can cause a customer to leave and shop somewhere else. AC is pretty tricky to work with because it allows lots of customizations, but it is tough to manage.

You’ve familiarized yourself with merging, minimizing, and bundling files such as CSS and JS to make websites faster and lighter. By setting up Advanced Bundling for AC or MagePack for Magento Open Source, we were able to achieve almost maximum performance. Trust me, it is possible to get 99 points. Lastly, we touched on Fastly, which helps serve your content to customers faster based on their locations.

It’s a big responsibility for a frontend developer like me, and you, to ensure a website is quick and smooth...