Exciting WebPageTest Scripting - WebPerf Meetup Hamburg, 20230323

In this session, we'll dive into interesting features of WebPagetest scripting applicable to all its flavors. Learn to establish a stable baseline, keep taps on 3rd parties, run A/B comparisons and test specific interactions of the user journey.

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This version of this talk was given at the Hamburg Web Performance Meetup Group at baqend on March 23rd 2023. See https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/hamburg-web-performance-group/events/291206321/

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1. Exciting
   WebPagetest
   Scripting
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2. Tobias Baldauf
   Web since 1999
   Perf since 2011 at DECIX,
   Akamai & trivago
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8. How To Run It
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12. Stable Baseline
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21. LCPs & Viewports
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23. Lazy Loading
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25. Toggling A/B Tests
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27. SPA Soft Navigations
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29. Some Light Reading
    WPT Scripting Docs
    Book: Using WebPageTest
    Matt Hobbs on WPT
    Robin's Post on selfhosting WPT
    Speedcurve & Catchpoint
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