{"id":818,"date":"2015-08-28T10:28:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T10:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.baltimore.wordcamp.org\/?p=818"},"modified":"2015-08-28T00:12:39","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T00:12:39","slug":"nobody-wants-a-slow-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baltimore.wordcamp.org\/2015\/nobody-wants-a-slow-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobody Wants a Slow Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2015.baltimore.wordcamp.org\/files\/2015\/08\/Nobody-Wants-A-Slow-Website.jpg\" alt=\"Nobody Wants A Slow Website\" width=\"1023\" height=\"575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baltimore.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/08\/Nobody-Wants-A-Slow-Website.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/baltimore.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/08\/Nobody-Wants-A-Slow-Website-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/baltimore.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/08\/Nobody-Wants-A-Slow-Website-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/baltimore.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/08\/Nobody-Wants-A-Slow-Website-1000x562.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><br \/>\nHaving a website that loads fast is important and we all know that. It can have a major impact on user engagement, conversion, retention and even SEO but for some reason, websites on the web continue to get bigger and slower. Why is this the case and what can we do about it?<\/p>\n<p>This talk will primarily focus on the tools and techniques that can be used to create faster websites. Some topics that will be covered during this talk include performance testing, automations, mobile, design decisions and dealing with clients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Speaker:<\/strong> For the past six years, Sang has designed, developed and maintained websites for many great companies, including DC Public Schools, SiriusXM Radio, Smithsonian Institution and Wentworth Institute of Technology. Currently, Sang works for <a href=\"http:\/\/10up.com\/\" target=\"blank\">10up<\/a> as their Front-End Engineer.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"blogregister\" href=\"\/2015\/tickets\/\">Register Now<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Details<\/h3>\n<p>Saturday, September 12, 2015<br \/>\n1:00 pm | Station North<\/p>\n<h3>Venue<\/h3>\n<p><strong>William H. Thumel Sr. Business Center<\/strong><br \/>\n11 W Mount Royal Ave<br \/>\nBaltimore, MD, 21201<br \/>\n<a style=\"font-size: 0.8em\" href=\"\/2015\/venue\/\">View Complete Venue Details<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having a website that loads fast is important and we all know that. 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