rad controls for asp.net ajax performance whitepaper
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How Telerik’s
ASP.NET AJAX Controls Help You Build High-Performing Applications Faster
Contents
Optimization Techniques Utilized in RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX 2• ContentDeliveryNetwork(CDN)Support 2
• HTTPCompressionwithRadCompression 2
• PerformanceOptimizationHelperControls 2
• RichClient-sideCapabilities 3
• FlexibleSemanticRendering 3
• CSSSpritesforMinimalHTMLFootprint 3
Control-specific Optimization Techniques 4• Grid 4
• Editor 6
• Scheduler 8
• TreeView 10
• Combobox 11
• Menu 12
• TabStrip 12
• ToolTip 12
• Splitter 12
• Calendar 13
• Input 13
Additional Performance Optimization Resources 13
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Optimization Techniques Utilized in Rad-Controls for ASP.NET AJAXAtTelerik,weknowthatclaimsaboutoffering“thefastest”,“therichest”or“themostcomplete”componentsuitemeannothingwithoutfactstobackthemup.ThisiswhywehaveassembledahostoffactsanddataabouttheoptimizationtechniquesutilizedinRadControlsforASP.NETAJAXtoactuallyshowyoutheyarethefastest,therichest,andthemostcomplete.NETUIcomponentsonthemarket.
ThefactsbelowexplainspecificwaysyoucanoptimizetheperformanceofyourapplicationsbuiltwithTelerik’sRadCon-trolsforASP.NETAJAXandhowweareattackingtheperformanceissuesformanyofourkeycontrols.
• Content Delivery Network (CDN) SupportTelerik’sCDNishostedontheAmazonCloudFrontservice,aglobalcontentdeliveryserviceusedtocacheanddeliveralltypesofcontent,includingimages,videos,CSSandJavaScriptfiles.ThiswayifyourappisbuiltwithRadControlsforASP.NETAJAX,itsclientrequestswillautomaticallyberedirectedtothenearestserverasopposedtothecentralwebserverandwillbeabletomorequicklyretrieveanddownloaditscontent.Whatismore,Telerikcoversthehostingexpensesforyourapp’sresourcesstoredontheCDN.
• HTTP Compression with RadCompressionRadControlsallowyoutoachievelesstrafficandfasterpageloadforyourappcompletelycodelesslythankstoitsHttp-Module,RadCompression. Inotherwords,RadCompressionwill interceptthebitsthatyourserver issendingbacktoabrowser(orSilverlight-client,forthatmatter)andcompressthem.Oncethecompressedbitsreachthebrowser,standardbrowsertechnologytakes-overanddecompressestheresponsesoyourapplicationcanworkwithitnormally.Thecom-pressionprocessiscompletelytransparenttoyourclient-sidecode(JavaScriptorSilverlight)andyourserver-sidecode.Itsimplyreducesthenumberofbitsthatmustbesentoverthewire(fromyourservertoyourclient)andthusimprovesyourpageperformancebyreducingtheTTLB(timetolastbyte)toupto75%.Readthefullarticleandseetestresults»
• Performance Optimization Helper ControlsTelerik’sASP.NETAJAXsuiteshipswithseveralcomponentsengineeredtosignificantly improveyourTelerik-basedap-plication’sperformance.
• RadScriptManager and RadStyleSheetManager Sincethenumberofrequestsapagegeneratesuponinitialloadisoneofthemostcommonperformancebottlenecks,TelerikhasdevisedtheRadScriptManagerandRadStyleSheetManagercontrolstohelpyoucombineallJavaScriptandCSSrequeststotheserverintoasinglerequest,thusgreatlyimprovingtheoverallpageloadtime.ReadthefullarticleforacompleteanalysisofhowtheRadManagersimpactpageperformance»
• RadInputManager TheRadInputManagercontrolisaninputvalidationcontrolprovidingyourenduserswithreal-timefeedbackaboutthetexttheyhaveentered.RadInputManageristhebestchoicefortopperformanceandhighly-optimizedpagesforafewsimplereasons:itreducesthebytessentoverthewireandhasabettercachingstory,itismuchfastertoconfigurethantraditionalASP.NETvalidationcontrolsanditimprovesoverallpageloadperformance.ReadthefullarticleforacompleteanalysisofhowtheRadInputManagerimpactpageperformance»
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• RadAjaxManager: TheTelerikAjaxManagercontroloffersacompletelycodelessapproachforAJAX-enablingexistingornewwebapplica-tions,usingMicrosoftASP.NETAJAXengine.First,youdon’thavetoclutteryourmarkupwiththeUpdatePanelsnormallyrequiredbyASP.NETAJAX,makingyourcodeeasiertomaintainandread.Next,youdon’thavetomanuallythinkthroughhowTriggersshouldbedefinedonyourUpdatePanels.TheRadAjaxManagerautomaticallyfiguresthatoutbasedonyoursimpledefinitionthecontrolsthatshouldbeupdatedafterspecificcontroleventsfire.Andfinally,RadAjaxManagerpro-videsacompleteclient-sideAPIthatmakesiteasytoperformadvancedASP.NETAJAXoperationswithouthavingtowritealotJavaScriptmanually.Readhowitworks»
• Rich Client-side CapabilitiesRadControlsforASP.NETAJAXallowdeveloperstofullyleveragethewidelysupportedclient-orientedprogrammingoftheASP.NETAJAXframework.Thecontrolsofferversatileclient-sidefeatureswhichcanbeimmediatelypersistedontheserver.Createclient-sidescriptsthatmodifythecontrolsontheclientandhavethechangesbereflectedwhenaccessingthesamecontrolsontheserver.ThatmeansthecontrolscanuseJavaScripttorendertheirUIinthebrowser,reducingtripstotheserverandspeeding-upyourapplication’sperformance.
Additionally,RadControlsexposeanumberofpowerfuldatabindingandcachingtechniquesfortakingfullcontroloverperformance,lightweightJSONtraffics,aswellascompletesupportforViewState-lessoperation.TheintegratedjQuerylibraryisalsoanimportantelementofourclient-sidedatabindingandweuseitforadvancedcallingofPageMethodsandWebServices.Checkoutthefollowingblogspostsandexamplesformoredetails.
• OptimizingViewStateusage
• RadGrid’sClient-sidedatabindinghelptopic
• RadGrid.NET3.5Client-sideBindingdemo
• jQueryIntegration
• Gridclient-sidedata-bindingperformancewith1mil.Records
• Flexible Semantic RenderingTheTelerikASP.NETAJAXnavigationcomponentsuseadvancedCSSrenderingwithlistitemsratherthanHTMLtablesinordertokeepthepageoutputcleanandminimal.Thesemanticrenderingnotonlyimprovestheresponsivenessofyourapplications,butitalsomakesyourwebpagesmoreeasilyunderstandablebyscreenreadersandthusincreasesitsacces-sibilitytovisuallyimpairedusers.There’sanotherbenefitcomingfromthesemanticmarkupofourUIcontrols–theHTMLismuchmoresearchengine(SEO)friendly.
• CSS Sprites for Minimal HTML FootprintWhatisoneofthemostcommonbottlenecksthathurtwebpages’loadperformance?It’sconcurrentconnectionstothewebserver.Modernbrowserscanonlydownloadahandfulof itemsfromthesamedomainatonetime,whichmeanspageswithtonsofimages,CSSfiles,andJavaScriptfilestakeanexceptionallylongtimetodownload-notbecauseofthebits,butbecauseoftheconnectionlimit.TelerikRadControlsforASP.NETAJAXuseCSSspritestocombinenumerousim-agesintoone,sothatyouhaveonlyonerequesttotheserver.ThentherelevantpartofthespriteimageisdisplayedusingCSS.Thisdecreasespageloadtimebetween20-60%.Readfulldetails»
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Control-specific Optimization Techniques • RadGridWhenpickingagridcontrol,it’simportanttofocusonfeatures,easeofconfiguration,pageloadtime,performancewithlargedatasets,andsupportforadvancedoptimizationtechniques.Let’sseehowRadGridaddresseseachoftheserequire-ments.
FeaturesRadGridhashundredsofbuilt-infeaturesspanningeverythingfrompop-updataeditingandfilteringtoclient-sidecol-umnreorderingandanumberofbuilt-inskins.YoucancontrolalmostallfeaturesbysettingsimplepropertiesandthankstotherichvisualconfiguratorsandSmartTagsinVisualStudio,thissetuptaskiseveneasier.Telerik’sonlinedemoshigh-lightmanyoftheGrid’sfeaturesandprovidethecompletesourcecodeforthem,sothatyoucanseeforyourselfthatthereisnomagichappening“behindthecurtain”.
SeeRadGridfeaturesinaction»
ReadaboutRadGridperformancetipsandtricks»
Page Load PerformanceGoodfeaturesaren’tgoodenoughtomakeagridgreat.Theyneedtoloadquicklyandimprovetheuserexperienceratherthaninterruptingit.ExactlyforthisreasonRadGridisbuiltinaway,sothatitstotalJavaScriptpayloadforallfeaturesisassmallaspossible–it’sonly174KB.RadGridalsoleveragesCSSandspritestominimizeitsHTMLfootprintandtoreducethenumberofrequeststheGridrequirestoload.Infact,RadGridrendersthesmallestHTMLfootprintandgeneratesthesmallestnumberofrequestcomparedtoanyothercommercialdatagrid.
Handling Large Data SetsGridsneedtobeabletohandlelargeamountsofdataontheweb.Telerik’sRadGridisoptimizedforthesescenarios.In.NET2.0scenariosRadGridforASP.NETAJAXisoptimizedtoload,page,sort,andfilterupto100,000recordswithoutper-formanceproblems.In.NET3.5scenarios,though,thecontrolautomaticallystartsusingLINQ-basedtechniquestoeasilyhandle1millionrecords.
SeeRadGridlarge
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Advanced Optimization TechniquesThereisalwaysatrade-offbetweentheeaseofuseofaUIcomponentanditsperformanceoptimization.Thekeyistofindacomponentthatmakesiteasytoaddadvancedperformanceoptimizationswhenyouneedthem.RadGridexposesanumberoftechniquesfortakingfullcontroloverperformance,suchaspowerfulclient-sidedatabindingandcompletesupportforViewState-lessoperation.Withclient-sidebinding,forexample,RadGridcanpage,sort,andfilterdatawithnearclient-likeresponsiveness.
SeeRadGridvirtualscrollingwithclientbindinginaction»
SeeRadGridclient-sidedatabindinginaction»
SeeRadGridViewStateoptimizationtechniques»
RadGridClient-sideBindingandCaching»
AccessibilityPeopleoftenforgettheimportanceofaccessibilityinwebdevelopment.Ifyouarebuildingapplicationsforlargeenter-prisesorgovernments,though,youcan’taffordnottoaddressit.RadGridisfullycompliantwithSection508accessibilityguidelines,whichmeansitcanevenbeaccessedbyclientsthatdon’thaveJavaScriptenabled!Whilemanygridsclaimtobeaccessible,fewtrulytaketheaccessibilitysupportasfarasRadGrid.
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SeeRadGridrunninginnoJavaScriptmode»
RadGrid By the NumbersThefollowingnumbersareresultsofatestperformedonasimplepagewithRadGridusingdefaultsettingsboundtoaLinqDataSourcewithaquerythatreturns1,000,000records,eachwith5columns.
RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX
Avg. load time JavaScript size
63ms 74KB
• RadEditorAmongthemostimportantcriteriaforpickingarichtexteditorforthewebarerichnessandpageloadtime.Italsohelpstofindaneditorthathasprovenitselfinthe“realworld”andsinceTelerik’sRadEditoristhepreferredchoiceofMicrosoft’sMSDN,CodePlex,andSharePointteams,wethinkyou’llagreeyou’reingoodcompany.
Page Load TimeTelerik’sEditorforASP.NETAJAXisoneoftherichestandfastestloadingrichtexteditorsonthemarket,acombinationyoudon’toftenfind.Whenourengineerssetouttobuildthebestrichtexteditorfortheweb,theyrecognizedthatoneofthemostimportantrequirementsisthatitsupportsasub-secondpageloadtime.Andthat’sexactlywhatyougetwithRadEditorforASP.NETAJAX.
RadEditorloadsonallmajorbrowsersin0.75secondsonaveragethankstotwoveryimportantfeatures:itloadsonlytheJavaScriptforthetoolbarfeaturesusedatthemoment,anditusesCSSspritesforskinning.Furthermore,toolsthatarenotimmediatelyusedbytheEditorautomaticallyemploya“lazyloading”techniquetoensurethateventhemostcomplexoftheEditor’sconfigurationsdonothurtyourpageloadtime.
NeedalotofEditorsonyourpageatonetime(SharePointdevelopers,I’mlookingatyou)?That’susuallyaperformancekillerforrichtexteditors,butRadEditorprovidesoptimizationtechniquesallowingsharingtoolbarsbetweenEditorin-stancesmakingitpossibletohavemorethan20Editorsonapageatonetime.
SeeRadEditoroptimizationtechniquesformanyEditorsononepage»
SeeRadEditorworkwithlargecontentwithoutanyperformanceproblems»
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RichnessThereisnoquestionthatMicrosoftWordisthedefactostandardforwordprocessingonthedesktop.WithRadEditor,yougetacomparablelevelofrichnessinaweb-basedenvironmentandsupportforcomplextexteditinginastandards-based,XHTML-compliantUIcomponent.RadEditorevensupportsmanyofthekeyboardshortcutsWordusersareaccustomedto,makingiteasyforyourend-userstoworkwithRadEditor(read:lesstrainingandcustomersupport).
ItwouldbeimpossibletocapturealloftheEditor’sfeaturesinasimpleparagraph,buthighlightsincludeabuilt-ininlinespellchecker,arichclient-sideandserver-sideextensibilityAPI,abuilt-inimageuploaderandeditor,and(likeallTelerikcontrols)morethanadozen(andhighlyoptimized)CSSskins.Spendsometimewiththeonlinedemostoseeallofthesefeaturesfirsthand.
SeeRadEditorfeaturesinaction»
SeeRadEditoraccessibilityfeatures»
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RadEditor by the NumbersThefollowingnumbersarebasedonasimplepagewithaRadEditorusingdefaultsettingsloadedinInternetExplorer7.
RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX
Avg. load time 680ms
Number of requests 21Requests(w/oRadManagers)15JSfiles(12forRadEditorandRadWindow,and3forASP.NETAJAX),5CSSfiles(3forRadEditor,2forRadWindow),4imagesfiles(togetherforRadEditorandRadWindow)
JavaScript size VariableRadEditor,RadWindow,RadSpellfilesonly–94.1Kb
• RadSchedulerWhenpickingaschedulercontrol,youshouldlookforonethatloadsquickly,hasarich,interactiveUI,andallowsflexiblebindingtoanytypeofschedulingdatayouhave.
Page Load TimeSimilartoRadEditor,RadSchedulerforASP.NETAJAXonlyloadsthescriptfilesforthefeaturesthatareabsolutelyneces-saryduringtheinitialpageload.Lazyloadingisusedtoloadadditionalscriptsasthey’reneeded,sotheendresultisaveryrichschedulingcomponentthatdoesnotimpactnegativelyyourpage’sinitialloadingtime.RadScheduler’sloadtimealsobenefitsfromthehighlyoptimizedHTMLoutput,ensuringonlythebareminimumHTMLisrenderedsoyourpagesstaylightweightandfast.
SeeRadSchedulerpageloadinginaction»
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Flexible Data BindingOneofthebiggestproblemswithmostweb-basedschedulingcomponentsisthattheyrequireyoutobindtoobjectsordatasourcesthatimplementpre-definedpatternsorinterfaces.Thisisokayfornewprojects,butanabsoluteshowstop-perforexistingdevelopment.Fortunately,withRadSchedulerforASP.NETAJAXyoudon’thavetoworryaboutwhereyourdataisstored.YoucanbindtheSchedulertoanydatasourceorobjectthatcontainsyourschedulingdataandstilltakeadvantageofalloftherichUIfeatureslikedrag-and-dropappointmentsandrecurrence.
RadScheduler supportsWeb Service bindingwhich allows the developer to improve performance byminimizing theHTMLoutputandremovingtheneedofapagerefresh.InthismodeRadSchedulerdoesnotpostbacktothepageandtheappointmentsarerenderedontheclient.
Furthermore,theSchedulerloadsonlytheappointmentsthatare“inview”fromyourdatasource.Thatmeansyouonlyloaddataasit’sneededbytheSchedulerUI,significantlyreducingpotentiallyperformance-crushingqueriestoyourdatasourcefordata.
SeeRadSchedulerWebServicedatabindinginaction»
SeeRadSchedulerWCFWebServicedatabindinginaction»
SeeRadSchedulerdataoptimizationsinaction»
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RadScheduler by the NumbersThefollowingnumberswerecollectedbyloadingadefaultRadScheduleronasimplepage,boundto10appointmentitemsdisplayedinWeekView.ThetestswereconductedinIE7.
RadScheduler for ASP.NET AJAX
Number of requests 420ms
Number of requests 20(w/oRadManagers)
JavaScript size 190KB(Variesbetweenviewtypes)
Whenpickingatreeviewcontrol,themostimportantfactorstoconsiderarerichclient-sidefeaturesandoptimizedperfor-mancewhendealingwithlargenodecollections.
Rich, client-side featuresTreeViewcontrolsareakeyUIconceptinallmajoroperatingsystems,andassuchusers-anddevelopers-haveacertainlevelofexpectationaboutwhatatreeshouldbeabletodo.RadTreeViewrisestothechallengebysupportingalloftherichinteractionsusersexpectfromatreeinastandards-based,XHTML-compliantUIcomponent.Thingslikenodedrag-and-drop(inthesametree,betweentrees,evenbetweentreesandgrids),nodeediting,andnodecontextmenusaresupportedrightoutofthebox.Allofthis,ofcourse,whilerenderinghighlyoptimizedHTMLandloadinglightningfastonthepage.
SeeRadTreeViewclient-sidefeaturesinaction»
Page Load TimeThemostcommonperformanceproblemtreesencounteronthewebisdealingwithlargenodecollections.Telerik’sengi-neersrecognizedthisproblemearlyonandprovidedanumberof“load-on-demand”modestoloadingnodesastheyareneeded.Fortopperformance,developerscanleveragetheRadTreeView’sbuilt-insupportforwebservicesthatenableseasycodelessbindingtofastandefficientservices.Withthisapproach,developerscanloadnodesasneededwithouttransmittingViewStateandwithoutexecutingthefullASP.NETpagelifecycle,meaningnodesloadwithsmall,unnotice-abledelay.
SeeRadTreeViewwebserviceoptimization»
RadTreeView(aswellasmostofourASP.NETAJAXcontrols)renderssomeJavaScriptcodeinJSONformatrequiredtoini-tializethenodes.Atthetimebeingthetextofthenodeisnotserializedinbydefaultwhichsavesalotofoutput.
RadTreeView by the NumbersTocollectthesenumbers,asimplepagewithaRadTreeViewusingdefaultsettingsisboundto1,000nodes(10x10x10),withallsub-nodesloadedondemandviawebservices.TestswereconductedinIE7.
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RadTreeView for ASP.NET AJAX
Avg. Page load time 470ms
Number of requests 23(w/oRadManagers)
JavaScript size 180KB
Time to load sub-nodes 70mspernode
• RadComboBoxCombobox controlsdelivermore functionality than the standardHTML selectorASP.NETDropDownList canprovide,soit’smostimportanttolookforacontrolthatsupportsflexiblerendering,whilenotsignificantlyimpactingpageloadperformance.
Flexible Semantic RenderingMoreoftenthannot,you’llusearichcomboboxcontrollikeRadComboBoxwhenyouneedtorenderadropdownthatsupportsmorethansimplestringvalues.ThatmeansyouneedatoolthatcanrenderanyHTMLyouwantinthedropdownlist-andthat’sexactlywhatRadComboBoxallowsyoutodo.Frommulti-columnsupporttotemplatesupport,anythingyouneedfromadropdowncanberenderedinRadComboBox.
Allthisflexibilitycomespackagedinacontrolthatrenderslightweight,semanticHTMLforoptimumpageperformanceandSEO.RadComboBoxrendersasanunorderedlistintheHTML,whichmeansnonestedtablesareusedtobuildthecontrolsUI(acommondisadvantageofothercomboboxcontrols).
SeeRadComboBoxflexiblerenderinginaction»
Page Load TimeSimilartothetreecontrols,thebiggestproblemcomboboxesfaceishandlinglargecollectionsofvalues.BrowserssimplyhavelimitsonthenumberofHTMLitemstheycanprocessonapagebeforememoryproblemsbegintoseriouslyharmthepageperformance. Tohelpfight those issues,RadComboBox supports severalbuilt-in “load-on-demand”bindingmodesthatenableyoutoonlyloadlistitemsasthey’reneeded.AndjustlikeRadTreeView,RadComboBoxsupportsdirectbindingtowebservicesforsuperoptimized,JSONupdates.It’sstillpossibletohitbrowsermemorylimitswiththeseopti-mizations,butRadComboBoxmakesitmucheasiertoavoidthoseproblemswithsmartloadingofyourdata.
SeeRadComboBoxoptimizedwebservicebinding»
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RadComboBox by the NumbersThenumbersbelowwerecollectedbytestingasimplepagewithaRadComboBoxforASP.NETAJAXboundtoawebser-vicethatreturns500valueswhenthecomboboxisexpanded.TestswereconductedinIE7.
RadTreeView for ASP.NET AJAX
Avg. Page load time 58ms
Number of requests 22(w/oRadManagers)
JavaScript size 188KB
Time to load list values 203ms
• RadMenuRadMenusupportswebserviceloadondemandandlazyinitialization.Additionally,RadMenucanseamlesslyworkwithdisabledViewState.
• RadTabStripHavinglotsofpageviewsinsideRadMultiPagecanslowdowntheswitchingbetweentabs.Whatismore,itgeneratesbigHTMLoutputbecauseofthecontrolscontainedinthepageviews.Totacklethisproblemwehaveanonlineexampledem-onstratinghowtoloadpageviewsondemandviaAJAX.Themultipagealsohasaproperty“RenderSelectedPageOnly”whichdoesexactlywhatitsays.Inthiscaseswitchingtoanewpageviewrequirespostback.
• RadToolTipRadToolTipandRadToolTipManagerarelightweightcontrolswhichgenerallycausenoperformanceproblems.However,intemplatedscenariosthenumberoftooltipcontrolsonthepagecaneasilygooutofhand.Wehaveseenscenariosin-volving1000+tooltipsonasinglepage.Sinceeachofthemneedstobeinitializedonclientpageload,thesystemtakesalotoftimetodoit,especiallyif<compilationdebug=true>.Insuchscenariosthereisabetterapproachtothetooltipsandthatisusingacoupleoflinesofclient-sidecodethatwillcreateatooltiponlywhentheuserneedstoseeit.Thefollowingdemodemonstratesthisapproach.
• RadCalendarRadDatePicker,RadDateTimePickerandRadTimePicker
HavingmanydatepickersonapagemightrendertoomuchHTMLandimpactperformance.RadDatePickerinstancescanshareaRadCalendarcontrolanduseittopickdates.
SeeanexampleofRadDatePickersharingcalendarsinaction»
WhenyouhavemanyRadTimePickerand/orRadDateTimePickercontrolsonapage,thismightrenderlargeamountofHTMLandimpactperformance.Forthiscase,toreducethehtmlandspeeduptheloadingtime,RadTimePicker/RadDate-TimePcikercontrolscanshareaninstanceofTimeViewcontrolforpickingtimes.
SeeanexampleofRadTimePicker/DateTimePickersharingTimeViewsinaction»
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• RadInputRadDateInput,RadNumericInput,RadMaskedTextBoxandRadTextBox
Performanceproblemscanbecausedbyusingseveral instancesofRadInputtextboxes. Incaseyourscenariore-quiresalotoftextboxcontrolsonthepage, it isrecommendedtouseRadInputManagerforbetterperformance.IntegratingRadInputManagerwithRadGrid,forexample,willsignificantlydecreasetheinputeditorsloadingtimesinceplainMicrosoftTextBoxeswillbecreatedinsteadofthecorrespondingRadInputcontrolsandthedataenteredbytheenduserwillbeautomaticallyfilteredbyRadInputManagerbasedontheinputmanagersettings.
SeeRadInputManagerintegrationwithRadGridinaction»
Additional Performance Optimization Resources EverytoolthatTelerikbuildsisdesignedwithperformancemaximizationinmind.Telerik’sdocumentationfeaturesmanyarticlesfocusedspecificallyonhelpingyouoptimizeyourRadControlimplementations.
Formoreoptimizationtips,checkoutthesearticlesfromtheTelerikOptimizationTipsblogseries:
Optimization Tips Series (blog posts):
• TheRadManagersforASP.NETAJAX
• RadCompressionModule
• RadInputvs.RadInputManager
• TestingPagePerformance
• UsingRadAjaxManagerProxyControls
• UsingHTTPCompression
• OptimizingCustomSkins