Cache Control Headers Explained

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes answer a question about caching, cache control headers, an explanation of the fields for caching. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Show Notes Time to live calculator Reminx Conf Opera The United States of Insanity - Official Trailer 00:24 Welcome 01:11 Sponsor: Sentry 02:28 Sponsor: LogRocket 03:08 My struggle has been with caching, cache control headers and would love a better explanation on some of the fields? 04:48 What is a header? 06:05 What is caching? 08:21 Time to live (TTL) 09:08 Benefits of a cache 10:03 Specifying how long to cache 11:06 max-age 12:45 stale-while-revalidate 16:17 stale-if-error 16:54 must-revalidate 17:21 private 18:03 immutable 19:29 no-transform 20:45 Cache Control Request Directives Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets