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Test performance inside VS Code, how Quicklink made pages faster and increased views, and a recap of CSS-Tricks optimizations. [WebPageTest Logo] VS Code, Quicklink, and CSS-Tricks Recap July 28, 2021 [VS Code - WPT] BLOG / NEW INTEGRATION Building the [Visual Studio Code Extension]( for WebPageTest We built the Visual Studio Code extension to help developers improve the performance of their website while they are coding. We are also releasing this extension on the [VS Code extension marketplace](, so you can just plug and play. [Read more on our blog]( [CSS-Trick Session] CHRIS COYIER Learnings form a [WebPageTest Session]( on CSS-Tricks During last week's live Twitch session, Tim identified several areas for optimization across CSS-Tricks.com. Chris jumped into action and made key changes to correct poor LCP, first byte to start render gap, and lazy loading causing CLS issues. [Optimized] The fixes had real results (start render time improved by two seconds). [Read the Article]( [YNAP Tech] PERFORMANCE CASE STUDY Faster pages, increased page views [using Quicklink]( Andrea Verlicchi, front-end architect at YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP, used Quicklink (a lightweight library created by Addy Osmani) on some of his ecommerce websites to improve the rendering time of our product detail pages (PDPs), with good results both on performance and business KPIs. [Read the case study]( [Screen Shot 2021-07-28 at 10.33.25 AM] [Perf tweet of the week]( A few good links [What to know about AVIF on Cloudinary (Sia Karamalegos)]( [State of Web Performance Optimization in 2021 with Sergey Chernyshev]( [Refining WordPress core’s lazy-loading implementation (Felix Arntz)]( Automate WebPageTest with the API If you're not using the API to run faster, automated tests or integrate front-end performance data into Github, Slack, Google Sheets, Grafana, or literally anywhere, now is the time. [Get the API]( ⚡ Did a friend send this to you? What a pal! [Sign up]( to get this email in your inbox every week. Also be sure to follow us on [Twitter]( and [Twitch](. We're hellbent on posting great web performance content! Catchpoint, 150 West 30th Street, Suite 3, New York, New York 10001, United States [Unsubscribe]( [Manage preferences](