
6/1/2018 · Simon Moore
What this post added
This post announces the General Availability (GA) of Rocket Loader, a JavaScript optimization feature that asynchronously loads JavaScript to improve page load times and user perception of speed. It details how Rocket Loader prioritizes content rendering by temporarily hiding JavaScript, allowing the browser to parse HTML and render content first. The post highlights improvements in mobile device compatibility (over 93%), reduced script size (2.3KB), and better adherence to Content Security Policies (CSP). Performance improvements are demonstrated with Lighthouse audits and A/B testing results showing a median reduction of 0.93 seconds in Time To First Contentful Paint (TTFCP) on www.cloudflare.com.