Is it worth reducing the number ASP.NET controls on my site?

[davearia]

Hi All,

 

I was wondering about performance issues for my ASP.NET site.

 

Looking at the HTML I have a lot of ASP.NET controls such ASP image and ASP panel etc. Would my performance improve by much if say I replaced the panel for say a HTML table or is this unecessary?

 

Also is there performance improvements for disabling viewstate (which I don't use for this site) etc?

 

I would rather harness as much from ASP.NET as possible but I am worried that doing so mucxh may slow down my site.

 

For example I built an e-commerce site a while ago http://www.bigred.me.uk/JokePoint/Default.aspx which seems slow at uploading initially, this maybe the amount of ASP controls but I also suspect the web space provider may not be that good either.

 

Any discussion on this matter would be great as I am keen to get into good habits with web development.

 

Thanks, Dave. :D :D :D

[samsmithnz]

Everytime you use an ASP.NET server side control you add viewstate. This viewstate has to go back to the server everytime you do a postback or submit, so to answer your question, less will improve your speed - maybe significantly. I know I had a list of objects a couple 1000 items long and by reducing the viewstate within the list I found I could load the page sigificantly faster.

 

If you're looking for a really good book about this stuff try this, it's EXCELLENT, and I TOTALLY recommend it. It's also offered on MSDN somewhere for free as an E-book. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735618518/qid=1121782304/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-5552162-2846554?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

[davearia]

Sounds like a good book I will order that. It is an area that I really don't know much about so this will REALLY help.

 

Thanks once more.

[bri189a]

I have that book and I can second his recommendation. :)