Turn Off Viewstate By Default And Turn On When Needed
Make it your habit to turn off ViewState on every control by default, and only turn it on when you need it. If a page doesn’t need ViewState anywhere, turn i...
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Turn Off Viewstate When Not Needed On List Controls And Use Caching
The same goes for most implementations of Repeaters, ListViews, and so on. These are usually the biggest culprits and they can be ugly. The advantage of View...
Dropdownlist And Viewstate
You may think it’s impossible to turn off ViewState on a DropDownList, even if you re-bind it on every postback. But with a tiny bit of elbow grease you can ...
Turn Off Viewstate When You Are Rebinding The Data
If you’re re-binding data anyway, or just toggling one property on postback (asp:Panel anyone?), turn off that ViewState! Please!
For A Snappy User Experience, Always Validate On The Client
To avoid unnecessary round trips to the server, validate form entries on the client using JavaScript before posting them. This provides quick feedback and ma...