I received a couple of comments my last post titled The Unbearable Slowness of Javascript Widgets including one from Matt Mullenweg, the founding developer of WordPress and the founder of Automattic (which makes WordPress.com and Akismet.) Matt is another super smart dude and has thought hard about this stuff. He pointed me (and you) to a couple of resources, including:
- Mike Davidson on How To Keep Widgets From Slowing Down Sites: WEDJE
- Yahoo! Developer Network’s Exceptional Performance Wiki.
Both are really useful. Thanks Matt.