OOPS - he was in fact asking about code-behind specifically...
"Smithers" <JaySmithers@OnceOver.com> wrote in message
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> <<The you see ends up getting compiled>>
> Not if he is asking about HTML.
>
> As long as you are using VS.NET 2003, you should stick to hand-coding the
> static HTML portion of your ASPX pages; that is unless you don't mind that
> VS.NET 2003 creates bloated HTML and will periodically rearrange it for
> you (a well-known problem). Most developers of non trivial ASPX pages use
> FrontPage or Dreamweaver for the HTML portion and VS.NET 2003 for
> everything else. Apparently there are claims that VS.NET 2005 does a much
> better job with HTML.
>
> -HTH
>
>
>
> "Robbe Morris [C# MVP]" <info@turnkeytools.com> wrote in message
> news:OkbgwwTGFHA.2588@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> The you see ends up getting compiled. You will find a
>> considerable speed improvement in .NET (whether you write
>> it by hand or via Visual Studio .NET) compared to anything
>> you write in classic ASP.
>>
>> If you (or your company) will purchase Visual Studio .NET,
>> get it and use it. If you follow the guidelines and design practices,
>> your code will be a ton easier to support and extend.
>>
>> Trust me...
>>
>> --
>> 2005 Microsoft MVP C#
>> Robbe Morris
>>
http://www.robbemorris.com >>
http://www.mastervb.net/home/ng/forumvbcode/post10017013.aspx >>
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/adonet_source_code_generator.asp >>
>>
>>
>> "CraigC" <craigc@freenet.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:%23TxxglTGFHA.1068@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> i'm a classic asp developer who is used to hand coding everything.
>>>
>>> is there a performance hit to the code that visual studio produces
>>> compared, especially when connecting to databases ?
>>>
>>> i notice that vs inserts large swathes of code into the code behind file
>>> when i drag a table from the server explorer. does this hidden code
>>> impact on performance or is it used purely by vs and discarded before
>>> the code is compiled ?
>>>
>>> thanks in advance
>>>
>>> craig
>>>
>>
>>
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