Preface

The Faster Web can be defined as a series of qualities to be developed in all spheres of web technology in order to speed up any transaction between a client and a server. It also includes the principles behind UI design that can influence a user's perception of speed. Thus, understanding the Faster Web involves understanding the notions of performance, efficiency and perceived performance, and discovering most of the new underlying web technologies that make up what the internet has become today.

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