[RESOLVED] what is more efficient?

[motil]

Hi,

i have small questions what is more efficient:

<table>
  <tr>
       <td>
             Some string
       </td>
  </tr>
</table>

or

<table>
  <tr>
       <td>
           <asp:Label ID="lblSomething" runat="server" Text="Some string"></asp:Label>
       </td>
  </tr>
</table>

by using the second example i making it more ASP.NET "correct" but i'm also adding unnecessary tags and making the page a bit heavier .. is using the first example is still "Ok" with ASP.NET?
should i only use ASP.NET tags when i need to manipulate its content from the code behind ?

thanks!

[brin351]

should i only use ASP.NET tags when i need to manipulate its content from the code behind ?

Yes that's the general idea.

It's better to use text/html for static content, your example using a label presents a ? as to why a label was used.

[motil]

Thanks.

[gep13]

Hey,

I would agree with brin on this one. I tend to only use ASP.Net Label controls when I need to manipulate the Text Value from the Server Side code.

Gary

[Pradeep1210]

If the code is static, use html tags. If you would be changing that label text or css etc. from code, then use label. The final output of a Label control is <span> tags. So you can use that directly, if your text won't be changing.

<table>
  <tr>
       <td>
           <span ID="lblSomething">Some string</span>
       </td>
  </tr>
</table>

[motil]

Pradeep i think that if i'll don't need to use label i also don't need to reproduce its outcome e.g <span> tag unless i need one.

but i have another question, my site will be multi language, i didn't touched that part yet i'm saving it to the end, but is this mean that i need to put all the text inside labels or literals so i can use the multilingual feature of .NET ?

thanks.

[Pradeep1210]

Pradeep i think that if i'll don't need to use label i also don't need to reproduce its outcome e.g <span> tag unless i need one.

In simple cases it doesn't matter if you put in <span> tag or not. But consider cases like this one:

 <asp:Label ID="lblSomething" runat="server" CssClass="SomeStyle" Text="Some string"></asp:Label>
 <asp:Label ID="lblSomething2" runat="server" CssClass="SomeOtherStyle" Text="Some string"></asp:Label>

So here you can't do without it. Though you can omit some of the tags like ID etc. which you won't need at client side (unless you do something with it using javascript etc.)

<span ID="lblSomething" class="SomeStyle">Some string</span>
 <span ID="lblSomething2" class="SomeOtherStyle">Some string</span>

but i have another question, my site will be multi language, i didn't touched that part yet i'm saving it to the end, but is this mean that i need to put all the text inside labels or literals so i can use the multilingual feature of .NET ?

Yes. I can't think of other ways. But maybe someone else has better thoughts.

[mendhak]

Use labels and literals on the page. Store your localized strings in RESX files. You can then use the meta:ResourceKey to get the actual string out of your RESX files depending on the culture. Look at this walkthrough.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.80%29.aspx

[gep13]

Oh, and here is some more reading for you as well...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c6zyy3s9.aspx

Maybe not something you want to leave right until the end.

Gary

[motil]

Thanks for the links Gary and Mend.

i will go over them now.