Monthly Archives: December 2007

Two Simple Rules for HTTP Caching

In practice, you only need two settings to optimize caching:

Don’t cache HTML
Cache everything else forever

“Wooah…hang on!”, we hear you say. “Cache all my scripts and images forever?“
Yes, that’s right. You don’t need anything else in between. Caching indefinitely is fine as long as you don’t allow your HTML to be cached.
“But what about if I […]

HttpWatch Version 5.2

Version 5.2 is now available for download. It includes fixes, improvements and the following new features:

Support for automatic recording and saving of log files
A new Tools menu with commands for clearing cookies and the cache
New methods on the Plugin automation object that allow cookies and cache entries to be cleared from an automated test script

A more detailed […]