Another one of the bulkiest files for websites to serve up are image files. These files tend to slow down a website’s load speed as they take such a long time to load.
JavaScript and CSS files can be some of the largest files on your website. While they are needed for the functionality and the look of your website, they can also slow it down pretty intensely. In a previous article, we talked about combining and minifying these can help with increasing the speed of your website, however, there are 2 more methods that you can use to help improve the website performance with regard to these files — async and defer.
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On a website, sometimes the largest files are the JavaScript (JS) and the cascading style sheets (CSS). There also tends to be many of them due to the different applications and components that make your website functional. Each of them count as an additional HTTP request needed by the browser. For example, if you have 10 JS files and 10 CSS files that are needed, then there will be a total of 20 individual requests just for JS and CSS.
Read more: Combine And Minify JS and CSS To Optimize Website Speed