Inline CSS and External CSS file

I need to know the HTML rending speeds and performance when I use inline css and external CSS file. For example I have one page website and size of the CSS code is 1 KB . So I can put it as inline CSS and put as external CSS file

Can anyone explain what is giving the best performance ?

 

It should be the same thing, although with external css you will have a more readable and understandable coding which in the long run can be edited by you making changes very quick, and also for best practices.

 

External CSS is always the best choice. You should use inline CSS only when you absolutely need to( usually to override some property on some HTML element).

External CSS are also faster. Sure, web browser need to create an additional request to get file content but you can tell browser to cache that file, so user will load your CSS only once and HTML file will be lighter so generally your website will response faster with external CSS files.

AUstiner316 point is in my opinion crucial. Also you should explore tools like SASS and COMPASS for taking your CSS to the next level.

 

Yes, you got a point. It is always easier to edit one page rather than editing all your website pages when making changes.

 

technically it's the same, but i might consider external is much more faster because it can affect more than one web page as long as it is linked with.

 

Hi

Using external css is the best way to manage, update and speed your html.
Inline css is way too messy, and we need codes to be clean, semantic, and well structured.

Cheers,

 

Inline and External CSS both can give advantages if you know when to use them. Use inline if your website have a single page but in multiple web pages website you should use external css because it add symmetry throughout website, make the formatting simple and less error prone.