Report Summary

  • 47

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    65% of other websites

  • 55

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 23% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 54

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    19% of websites

torch.academy

Torch Academy | Lebanon Training & Internship Bootcamp for Coders

Page Load Speed

2.7 sec in total

First Response

471 ms

Resources Loaded

1.9 sec

Page Rendered

316 ms

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About Website

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Torch Academy is an opportunity for students of Computer Discipline. We aim to Train, Mentor & Enable them trough our scholarship IT Boot camp program.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Torch.academy page load time and found that the first response time was 471 ms and then it took 2.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

torch.academy performance score

47

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.4 s

38/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.2 s

23/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.7 s

69/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value610 ms

49/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.033

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.2 s

12/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

torch.academy

471 ms

fbevents.js

220 ms

conversion.js

127 ms

slick.css

395 ms

slick-theme.css

394 ms

Our browser made a total of 63 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 60% of them (38 requests) were addressed to the original Torch.academy, 8% (5 requests) were made to Connect.facebook.net and 5% (3 requests) were made to Code.jquery.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (724 ms) belongs to the original domain Torch.academy.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 186.6 kB (21%)

Content Size

886.0 kB

After Optimization

699.4 kB

In fact, the total size of Torch.academy main page is 886.0 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 582.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 43.8 kB

  • Original 58.0 kB
  • After minification 52.0 kB
  • After compression 14.2 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 43.8 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 28.0 kB

  • Original 582.5 kB
  • After minification 554.6 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Torch images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-47%

Potential reduce by 106.1 kB

  • Original 227.5 kB
  • After minification 227.5 kB
  • After compression 121.3 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 106.1 kB or 47% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-49%

Potential reduce by 8.8 kB

  • Original 18.0 kB
  • After minification 18.0 kB
  • After compression 9.2 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Torch.academy needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 8.8 kB or 49% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 32 (52%)

Requests Now

61

After Optimization

29

The browser has sent 61 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Torch. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 22 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

torch.academy accessibility score

55

Accessibility Issues

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

torch.academy best practices score

50

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

torch.academy SEO score

54

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Torch.academy can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Torch.academy main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Torch. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: