General

Best practices

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en/WebGL/WebGL_best_practices

WebGL context

• https://github.com/KhronosGroup/WebGL/blob/master/sdk/demos/google/resources/context.js
• http://www.khronos.org/webgl/wiki/HandlingContextLost
• https://github.com/KhronosGroup/WebGL/blob/master/sdk/debug/lost-context-simulator-test.html
• https://github.com/KhronosGroup/WebGL/blob/master/sdk/tests/conformance/context/context-lost.html
• https://github.com/KhronosGroup/WebGL/blob/master/conformance-suites/1.0.2/conformance/context/context-lost.html
• https://github.com/KhronosGroup/WebGL/blob/master/sdk/debug/webgl-debug.js#L395 function makeLostContextSimulatingCanvas(canvas)

Benchmarks

• Matrix / vector libraries
  • https://github.com/stepheneb/webgl-matrix-benchmarks
• WebGL queries
  • http://jsperf.com/getbufferparameter-performance
• Uniform upload
  • http://jsperf.com/webgl-uniform-uploading
• Get active uniforms / vertex attributes
  • http://jsperf.com/get-active-uniforms

Typed arrays

• http://www.jiglibjs.org/?p=64
• http://www.jiglibjs.org/?p=90
• http://www.jiglibjs.org/?p=116
• http://www.jiglibjs.org/?p=125
• http://weblog.bocoup.com/javascript-typed-arrays
• http://blog.n01se.net/?p=248
• http://jsperf.com/typed-array-iteration/22
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript_typed_arrays/Float32Array

General OpenGL optimization

• http://www.realtimerendering.com/ (Has a treasure trove of optimization links)
• (2003/2004) http://www.matthias-trapp.de/misc/matthias_trapp_opengl_performance.pdf

OpenGL get* performance

• http://www.mesa3d.org/brianp/sig97/perfopt.htm (has glGet* performance tips amongst others)
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=74526 (glGet* performance in Chrome)
• http://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=274169&page=12

OpenGL state optimization / state sorting

• http://www.bricoworks.com/articles/stateset/stateset.html
• http://www.bricoworks.com/articles/stategraph/stategraph.html
• http://ls2-www.cs.uni-dortmund.de/~mw/publications/PipelineBuffer.pdf
• (2008) http://home.comcast.net/~tom_forsyth/blog.wiki.html#Renderstate%20change%20costs
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1130519/opengl-render-state-management

JavaScript performance

• http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/efficient-javascript/

JavaScript sorting

• http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_sort.asp
• http://blog.vjeux.com/2009/javascript/speed-up-javascript-sort.html
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1427608/fast-stable-sorting-algorithm-implementation-in-javascript

Optimizations for low power devices

(Some of these optimizations may also be useful in general)

• http://www.aorensoftware.com/blog/2011/04/22/opengl-game-optimization-for-ios/

GLSL tips

• http://www.opengl.org/wiki/GLSL_:_common_mistakes