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Embracing the network - Smashing Conf

Embracing the network - Smashing Conf

This version of the talk was originally presented at Smashing Conference in Barcelona, Spain on the 20th October 2015.

The network is intrinsically unreliable. More so, the network is out of your control as a developer. Therefore, we must design systems which embrace the unpredictability of the network and defend against it all costs. How can you prioritise the delivery of your core content? What best-practices can you use to optimise your assets? How can we design interfaces which adapt and respond to changing network conditions? And finally, how are new APIs such as ServiceWorker changing the way we think about the network?

During this talk Patrick will share his experiences delivering high-performance websites to millions of users over the past 3 years at The Guardian and Financial Times. Which – most importantly – are resilient to the network.

Patrick Hamann

October 20, 2015
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  1. Embracing the network Patrick Hamann — Smashing Conference, October 2015


    @patrickhamann Modern techniques for building resilient front ends !
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_distributed_computing 1. The network is reliable. 2. Latency is zero.

    3. Bandwidth is infinite. 4. The network is secure. 5. Topology doesn't change. 6. There is one administrator. 7. Transport cost is zero. 8. The network is homogeneous. 
 The fallacies of distributed computing 
 PETER DEUTSCH — SUN MICROSYSTEMS, 1994 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_distributed_computing
  3. Multiple points of failure Dmytrii Shchadei — http://www.slideshare.net/metrofun/reduce-mobile-latency " #

    # # $ Internal latency Firewalls, Load Balancers, Servers % Internet routing latency CDNs, ISPs, Caches, Proxies Control plane latency ~600ms on average UK 3G connection ~200ms
  4. The radio state machine http://developer.android.com/training/efficient-downloads/efficient-network-access.html Radio standby Radio low power

    Radio full power 2s latency 1.5s latency Radio idle for 5 seconds Radio idle for 12 seconds
  5. Failure is inevitable • 1,000,000 page views a day •

    3 years product life-time • (1000000*360)*3 = 1,080,000,000 • 1 billion opportunities for something to go wrong.
  6. Baking in the assumption that everything can and will fail

    leads you to think differently about how you solve problems. 
 SAM NEWMAN — BUILDING MICROSERVICES, O’REILLY 2015 http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033158.do
  7. A single point of failure (SPOF) is a part of

    a system that, if it fails, will stop the entire system from working. SPOFs are undesirable in any system with a goal of high availability or reliability, be it a business practice, software application, or other industrial system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_point_of_failure
  8. Front end SPOFs http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2010/06/01/frontend-spof/ Chrome Firefox IE Opera Safari External

    script Blank below Blank below Blank below Blank below Blank below Stylesheet Flash Flash Blank below Flash Blank below inlined 
 @font-face Delayed Flash Flash Flash Delayed Stylesheet @font-face Delayed Flash Totally blank Flash Delayed Script then
 @font-face Delayed Flash Totally blank Flash Delayed
  9. Resource timing API http://www.w3.org/TR/resource-timing/ var resourceList = window.performance.getEntriesByType(‘resource'); for (i

    = 0; i < resourceList.length; i++) { if (/link|script/.test(resourceList[i].initiatorType)) { navigator.sendBeacon('https://stats.ft.com/', { resource: resourceList[i].name, timing: (resourceList[i].responseEnd - resourceList[i].startTime) }); } }
  10. • Test 1st and 3rd party dependencies for SPOFs •

    Use network shaping to simulate mobile conditions • Monitor all response times, timeouts and errors • Alert if metrics pass their thresholds
  11. There seems to be an excessive amount of waiting around

    for pages to refresh and load -it doesn't seem as quick as the previous version. Luke Wroblewski – http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1797
  12. Time and perception Delay User perception 0 - 100ms Instant

    100 - 300ms Small perceptible delay 300 - 1000ms Machine is working 1000+ ms Likely mental context switch 10,000+ ms Task is abandoned
  13. • Respond within a 1000ms • Avoid loading spinners •

    Consider using skeleton screens • Re-use familiar UI patterns within error messaging • Use human friendly copy, especially in error states
  14. Pre-connect <link href='https://media.ft.com/' rel=‘preconnect’> <link href='https://api.livefyre.com/' rel='preconnect' crossorigin> function preconnectTo(url)

    { var hint = document.createElement("link"); hint.rel = "preconnect"; hint.href = url; document.head.appendChild(hint); } Ilya Grigorik — Eliminating roundtrips wth pre-connect: https://www.igvita.com/2015/08/17/eliminating-roundtrips-with-preconnect/
  15. When should I use resource hints? Method Use case Examples

    Frequecy preconnect Initiating an early connection to critical resources Image hosts, CDNs and analytics Often prefetch Fetch individual resource CSS or JS required for next page Limited prerender Fetch and execute HTML page Next page in a checkout flow Use with care
  16. HTTP/2 R.U.M data sampled over 1 month from https://next.ft.com/ H2

    Capable H2 Enabled Unsupported Mobile user load event 0ms 2,000ms 4,000ms 6,000ms 8,000ms 7,200 5,325 6,160
  17. Loading fonts https://tabatkins.github.io/specs/css-font-rendering/ Chrome Opera Safari Firefox IE Timeout 3s

    3s no timeout 3s 0 Fallback Yes Yes n/a Yes Yes Swap Yes Yes n/a Yes Yes
  18. CSS Font Rendering Controls Module https://tabatkins.github.io/specs/css-font-rendering/ @font-face { font-family: 'MyShinyFont';

    src: url('http://fonts.ft.com/async.woff2'); font-display: swap; } @font-face { font-family: 'MyBlockingFont'; src: url: url('http://fonts.ft.com/blocking.woff2'); font-display: block; }
  19. Cache only self.addEventListener('install', function(event) { event.waitUntil( caches.open(cacheName).then(function(cache) { return cache.addAll([

    ‘http://fonts.ft.com/fonts.css', 'http://fonts.ft.com/serif', 'http://fonts.ft.com/sans-serif' ]); }) ); }); https://jakearchibald.com/2014/offline-cookbook
  20. Cache only https://jakearchibald.com/2014/offline-cookbook self.addEventListener('fetch', function(event) { // If this is

    a request for font file if (/fonts\.ft\.com/.test(event.request)) { // If a match isn't found in the cache, the response // will look like a connection error event.respondWith(caches.match(event.request)); } });
  21. Loading CSS https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/performance/critical-rendering-path/analyzing-crp?hl=en Request page Network Render GET html Build

    DOM response Build CSSOM Render page GET css GET js response response idle idle Render blocking Run JS Render blocking
  22. Loading CSS Request page Network Render GET html Build DOM

    response Build CSSOM Render page GET css GET js response response idle idle Async Render blocking Run JS https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/performance/critical-rendering-path/analyzing-crp?hl=en
  23. Loading CSS Request page Network Render GET html Build DOM

    response Build CSSOM Render page GET css response idle idle Async https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/performance/critical-rendering-path/analyzing-crp?hl=en Reflow
  24. Stale-while-revalidate self.addEventListener('fetch', function(event) { // Get stale from cache event.respondWith(

    caches.open(cacheName).then(function(cache) { return cache.match(event.request).then(function(response) { // If in cache relvalidate var network = fetch(event.request).then(function(response){ if(response.status < 400) { cache.put(event.request, response.clone()); } }); // Return stale or network if none return response || network; }); }) ); }); https://jakearchibald.com/2014/offline-cookbook
  25. Stale-if-error self.addEventListener('fetch', function(event) { // Always fetch response from the

    network event.respondWith( fetch(event.request).then(function(response) { return caches.open(cacheName).then(function(cache) { // If we received an error response if(!response.ok) { return cache.match(event.request) } else { // Response was healthy so update cached version cache.put(event.request, response.clone()); return response; } }); }) ); });
  26. Timeout race function timeout(delay) { return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {

    setTimeout(function() { resolve(new Response('', { status: 408, statusText: 'Request timed out.' })); }, delay); }); } self.addEventListener('fetch', function(event) { // Attempt to fetch with timeout event.respondWith(Promise.race([timeout(2000), fetch(event.request)])); });
  27. Dead letter queue var queue = {}; function queueFailedRequest(request) {

    queue[Date.now()] = request; } self.addEventListener('fetch', function(event) { if(/track\.ft\.com/.test(event.request.url) { event.respondWith( fetch(event.request).then(function(response){ if(response.status >= 500) { return Response.error(); } else { return response; } }).catch(function() { queueFailedRequest(event.request); }) ); } });
  28. • Pre-connect sockets • Pre-fetch and cache critical resources •

    Bundle resources by their frequency of change • Serve stale and revalidate • Serve stale if error • Always use timeouts • Treat the network as an enhancement!
  29. Background sync navigator.serviceWorker.ready.then(function(registration) { regitration.periodicSync.register({ tag: 'get-latet-news', // default: ''

    minPeriod: 12 * 60 * 60 * 1000, // default: 0 powertState: 'avoid-draining', // default: 'auto' networkState: 'avoid-cellular' // default: 'online' }).then(function(periodicsyncReg) { // success }, function() { // failure }); });