Performance

<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://cdn.example.com" crossorigin>

<!-- LCP image -->
<link rel="preload" href="/hero.webp" as="image" fetchpriority="high">

<!-- Critical font -->
<link rel="preload" href="/font.woff2" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin>

<!-- Critical CSS inlined -->
<style>/* Above-fold styles */</style>

<!-- Non-critical CSS -->
<link rel="preload" href="/styles.css" as="style" onload="this.onload=null;this.rel='stylesheet'">
<noscript><link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles.css"></noscript>

<!-- Parser-blocking (avoid) -->
<script src="/critical.js"></script>

<!-- Deferred (preferred) -->
<script defer src="/app.js"></script>

<!-- Async (for independent scripts) -->
<script async src="/analytics.js"></script>

<!-- Module (deferred by default) -->
<script type="module" src="/app.mjs"></script>

// Route-based splitting
const Dashboard = lazy(() => import('./Dashboard'));

// Component-based splitting
const HeavyChart = lazy(() => import('./HeavyChart'));

// Feature-based splitting
if (user.isPremium) {
  const PremiumFeatures = await import('./PremiumFeatures');
}

// ❌ Imports entire library
import _ from 'lodash';
_.debounce(fn, 300);

// ✅ Imports only what's needed
import debounce from 'lodash/debounce';
debounce(fn, 300);

<picture>
  <!-- AVIF for modern browsers -->
  <source 
    type="image/avif"
    srcset="hero-400.avif 400w,
            hero-800.avif 800w,
            hero-1200.avif 1200w"
    sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 50vw">
  
  <!-- WebP fallback -->
  <source 
    type="image/webp"
    srcset="hero-400.webp 400w,
            hero-800.webp 800w,
            hero-1200.webp 1200w"
    sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 50vw">
  
  <!-- JPEG fallback -->
  <img 
    src="hero-800.jpg"
    srcset="hero-400.jpg 400w,
            hero-800.jpg 800w,
            hero-1200.jpg 1200w"
    sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 50vw"
    width="1200" 
    height="600"
    alt="Hero image"
    loading="lazy"
    decoding="async">
</picture>

<!-- Above-fold LCP image: eager loading, high priority -->
<img 
  src="hero.webp" 
  fetchpriority="high"
  loading="eager"
  decoding="sync"
  alt="Hero">

<!-- Below-fold images: lazy loading -->
<img 
  src="product.webp" 
  loading="lazy"
  decoding="async"
  alt="Product">

/* System font stack as fallback */
body {
  font-family: 'Custom Font', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 
               'Segoe UI', Roboto, sans-serif;
}

/* Prevent invisible text */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Custom Font';
  src: url('/fonts/custom.woff2') format('woff2');
  font-display: swap; /* or optional for non-critical */
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: normal;
  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF; /* Subset to Latin */
}

<link rel="preload" href="/fonts/heading.woff2" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin>

/* One file instead of multiple weights */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Inter';
  src: url('/fonts/Inter-Variable.woff2') format('woff2-variations');
  font-weight: 100 900;
  font-display: swap;
}

# HTML (short or no cache)
Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate

# Static assets with hash (immutable)
Cache-Control: public, max-age=31536000, immutable

# Static assets without hash
Cache-Control: public, max-age=86400, stale-while-revalidate=604800

# API responses
Cache-Control: private, max-age=0, must-revalidate

// Cache-first for static assets
self.addEventListener('fetch', (event) => {
  if (event.request.destination === 'image' ||
      event.request.destination === 'style' ||
      event.request.destination === 'script') {
    event.respondWith(
      caches.match(event.request).then((cached) => {
        return cached || fetch(event.request).then((response) => {
          const clone = response.clone();
          caches.open('static-v1').then((cache) => cache.put(event.request, clone));
          return response;
        });
      })
    );
  }
});

// ❌ Forces multiple reflows
elements.forEach(el => {
  const height = el.offsetHeight; // Read
  el.style.height = height + 10 + 'px'; // Write
});

// ✅ Batch reads, then batch writes
const heights = elements.map(el => el.offsetHeight); // All reads
elements.forEach((el, i) => {
  el.style.height = heights[i] + 10 + 'px'; // All writes
});

function debounce(fn, delay) {
  let timeout;
  return (...args) => {
    clearTimeout(timeout);
    timeout = setTimeout(() => fn(...args), delay);
  };
}

// Debounce scroll/resize handlers
window.addEventListener('scroll', debounce(handleScroll, 100));

// ❌ May cause jank
setInterval(animate, 16);

// ✅ Synced with display refresh
function animate() {
  // Animation logic
  requestAnimationFrame(animate);
}
requestAnimationFrame(animate);

// For lists > 100 items, render only visible items
// Use libraries like react-window, vue-virtual-scroller, or native CSS:
.virtual-list {
  content-visibility: auto;
  contain-intrinsic-size: 0 50px; /* Estimated item height */
}

// ❌ Blocks main thread
<script src="https://analytics.example.com/script.js"></script>

// ✅ Async loading
<script async src="https://analytics.example.com/script.js"></script>

// ✅ Delay until interaction
<script>
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
  const observer = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
    if (entries[0].isIntersecting) {
      const script = document.createElement('script');
      script.src = 'https://widget.example.com/embed.js';
      document.body.appendChild(script);
      observer.disconnect();
    }
  });
  observer.observe(document.querySelector('#widget-container'));
});
</script>

<!-- Show static placeholder until interaction -->
<div class="youtube-facade" 
     data-video-id="abc123" 
     onclick="loadYouTube(this)">
  <img src="/thumbnails/abc123.jpg" alt="Video title">
  <button aria-label="Play video">▶</button>
</div>

# Lighthouse CLI
npx lighthouse https://example.com --output html --output-path report.html

# Web Vitals library
import {onLCP, onINP, onCLS} from 'web-vitals';
onLCP(console.log);
onINP(console.log);
onCLS(console.log);