Getting Started with Performance
When you're new to web performance, the mountain ahead of you can seem overwhelming. This page seeks to give you a good foundation in the fundamentals.
Background Fundamentals
First off, get started learning about why performance is important, how to make your organization performance-focused, and which metrics to focus on.
Why web performance still matters in 2024
Updated: 10 Jan 2024 The web performance community often says that "performance matters", but why is that? Does it truly matter? What are the reasons? Whether you're new to this...
Why web performance still matters in 2024
Updated: 10 Jan 2024 The web performance community often says that "performance matters", but why is that? Does it truly matter? What are the reasons? Whether you're new to this...
Fix web performance for the long-term
At Shopify, we’ve seen what works and what doesn’t work when companies want to improve their web performance. We want to share with you our top learnings to get you...
Fix web performance for the long-term
At Shopify, we’ve seen what works and what doesn’t work when companies want to improve their web performance. We want to share with you our top learnings to get you...
Key web performance metrics in 2024
Web performance metrics can seem like an alphabet soup of acronyms. Here are beginner-friendly descriptions useful for technical and non-technical people alike
Key web performance metrics in 2024
Web performance metrics can seem like an alphabet soup of acronyms. Here are beginner-friendly descriptions useful for technical and non-technical people alike
You may come across a lot of unfamiliar terms in the beginning of your learning journey. We compiled a list of commonly used terms to help you out.
Testing, Testing, Testing
Once you have the fundamentals under your belt, get your hands dirty with some testing. In the articles above, we introduced the concepts of real-user monitoring, or field testing, and lab testing. These articles offer step-by-step guides for both.
Don’t get scammed by fake performance experts a...
We uncovered a set of apps and fake experts cheating the performance metrics. We found those practices in almost 15% of extensions that promised one-click optimizations. This means that a...
Don’t get scammed by fake performance experts a...
We uncovered a set of apps and fake experts cheating the performance metrics. We found those practices in almost 15% of extensions that promised one-click optimizations. This means that a...
Prioritise real user performance with the Chrom...
Real user experiences can tell us much more about our website's performance than a single test in time. If you’re not tracking real user data, then you’re missing out on...
Prioritise real user performance with the Chrom...
Real user experiences can tell us much more about our website's performance than a single test in time. If you’re not tracking real user data, then you’re missing out on...
Benchmark and compare tests using WebPageTest
Learn how to use WebPageTest to benchmark your site performance and compare results after making optimizations.
Benchmark and compare tests using WebPageTest
Learn how to use WebPageTest to benchmark your site performance and compare results after making optimizations.
Continue your learning
Now it's time for you to take these background and testing skills and use them to start optimizing your site. Our techniques page contains some of the most common problems Shopify merchants run into and how to solve them.