Response.Write vs <%= %>

Question

Bearing in mind this is for classic asp

Which is better, all HTML contained within Response.Write Statements or inserting variables into HTML via &l

Answer 1

My classic ASP is rusty, but:

Response.Write "" & vbCrlf
Response.Write "" &vbCrLf
Response.Write "" & someVariable & "" & vbCrLf 
Response.Write "" & vbCrLf 
Response.Write "" & vbCrLf

this is run as-is. This, however:

  

     
<%= someVariable %>
  

results in:

Response.Write"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
"
Response.Write someVariable
Response.Write "
"

Where \r\n is a vbCrLf

So technically, the second one is quicker. HOWEVER, the difference would be measured in single milliseconds, so I wouldn't worry about it. I'd be more concerned that the top one is pretty much unmaintainable (esp by a HTML-UI developer), where as the second one is trivial to maintain.

props to @Euro Micelli - maintenance is the key (which is also why languages like Ruby, Python, and in the past (tho still....) C# and Java kicked butt over C, C++ and Assembly- humans could maintain the code, which is way more important than shaving a few ms off a page load.

Of course, C/C++ etc have their place.... but this isn't it. :)