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Read how to set expiry date HTTP Header in Java webapps via configuration file without writing any code. This article shows you how to speed up your Java webapp by setting optimal expiration dates on your Java web pages.

This article shows you step by step how to cache your entire tomcat web application using Squid reverse Proxy without writing any java code. Cache your entire website as static HTML files stored in memory or disk. This technique is useful to when dynamically generated pages in Java are time and CPU intensive. Ideal scenario is when there are high number of reads and few writes. Caution: do not use this approach to cache secure pages. Read article for full details.

Today Google introduced a new tool called Page Speed. Page Speed measures the speed at which a web page loads in your browser. It analyzes the webpage and makes a bunch of recommendations based on best practices that Google has identified and used in their own website. Page Speed is similar to another tools called YSlow by Yahoo which was release in 2007.