June 15, 2024, 6:09 a.m. | Everly Precia Suresh

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This is a submission for DEV Computer Science Challenge v24.06.12: One Byte Explainer.





Explainer


Resource preloading in HTML can be achieved using the <link> element with the rel attribute to hint at the browser about resources that will be needed soon. Fetching resources in advance improves load time and webpage performance.





Additional Context


Here are some options you may consider :




  1. rel="preload": Actively fetch the resource and cache it, as needed for current navigation.


  2. rel="prefetch": Fetch the resource in …

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