Saturday, May 12, 2007

Javascript and Load Time

I conducted a quick experiment to assess whether it is worth worrying about the size and distribution of Javascript modules. I gathered the following numbers on my Linux box at home (fast) connected to Cixar (fast) over my home Internet connection (average today).

ping cixar.com 30ms
ping google.com 80ms
HTTP overhead 30ms
bandwidth 0.1KB/ms
patience 1500ms
maximum size 150KB
Chiron core 100KB
Chiron core shrunk 50KB
Chiron core shrunk compressed 13KB

I've decided not to worry about the size or distribution of Chiron until its core is five times bigger.

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