Caching Patterns
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What is Caching Patterns?
Caching is a critical aspect of building performant and scalable applications. Cloudflare Workers provide several caching patterns that you can use to optimize your application's performance. These patterns include:
- Cache-First: Serve from cache if available, otherwise fetch from origin.
- Network-First: Always fetch from origin, caching the response for subsequent requests.
- Stale-While-Revalidate: Serve from cache immediately, then update the cache in the background.
You can also manipulate HTTP cache headers (Cache-Control, Expires) to control how Cloudflare's CDN caches content. Effective caching is crucial for improving performance and reducing origin server load.
Free resources to learn Caching Patterns
- Official docsHow the Cache Works · Cloudflare Workers
- ArticleCaching Strategies
- ArticleCaching Static and Dynamic Content
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Caching Patterns: common questions
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Is this Caching Patterns tutorial for beginners?
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