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Check out the "Improving Web Site Performance and Scalability with Robert Boedigheimer" webinar video that is available online now:

Robert gives some great insights and goes over techniques and tools for improving your web site performance. And the advice applies for all ASP.NET sites.

Overview

Can you really improve the customer experience and save money? There are many simple techniques and free tools available that can do both!

In the session, Robert covered:

• Start with a traditional ASP.NET web site and show step by step how to improve it for both client experience and cost savings.
• Review the basics of caching and learn how to avoid costly server round trips by using expirations to maximize use of the client's browser and also reduce server side execution time with data caching on the server.
• Use HTTP compression, minification of JavaScript and CSS, server side viewstate, and image optimization to reduce client downloads by 50-75%.
• Take advantage of free CDN networks to host jQuery and Ajax files.
• See how tools such as Ajax Minifier, Fiddler, Network Monitor, and Google Page speed can be used to help diagnose and verify improvements.

Download Slides and Code

Download the presentation slides and code that Robert used in the webinar here:

• PowerPoint Slides - Improving Web Site Performance and Scalability While Saving.pptx
• Performance Before Code - PerformanceBeforeCode.zip
• Performance After Code - PerformanceAfterCode.zip

DevExpress ASP.NET Performance

The advice Robert gives is very useful and applies to all ASP.NET websites in general.

The DevExpress ASP.NET products have been taking advantage of many performance tips already! To learn more about DevExpress ASP.NET performance, check out these posts:

• 4 Settings To Improve DevExpress ASP.NET Performance / New DevExpress Web.Config Settings
• Sneak Peak: CSS Sprites Make Your Websites Faster
• 3 Reasons To Reduce ASP.NET Server Requests
• ASP.NET Menu, NavBar And Pager Performance Improvements – v2010 vol 1
• Performance Improvements for ASP.NET Page and Tab Controls (coming soon in v2010 vol 2)
• ASP.NET HTML Editor Performance Improvements (coming soon in v2010 vol 2)
• All my posts related to 'performance'

Watch the webinar to the end and you'll hear me discuss some of these DevExpress performance items with the webinar attendees.

About Robert

Robert Boedigheimer works for Schwans Shared Services, LLC providing business solutions with web technologies and leads Robert Boedigheimer Consulting, LLC. Robert has been designing and developing web sites for the past 15 years including the early days of ASP and ASP.NET. He is a columnist for aspalliance.com, an ASP.NET MVP, an author, an "Early Achiever" MCSD for .NET with C#, an MCPD: Web with C#, MCPD: ASP.NET 3.5, and a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Robert has spoken at industry conferences including the Heartland Developers Conference, DevLink, Tulsa Tech Fest, DevWeek, TechEd, AJAXWorld, and numerous national and international events.

Thanks Robert!

Contact Robert via email here. Follow him on twitter here. Be sure to also check out his blog here: http://blogs.aspadvice.com/robertb

Thanks Robert for the excellent webinar tips on improving website performance and scalability while saving money.

Do me a favor and leave Robert your thanks, feedback or questions in the comments section below. Thanks!