25+ ASP Tips to Improve Performance and Style
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dn...tml/asptips.asp

A collection of tips for optimizing ASP applications and VBScript. Discusses caching, response buffering, TypeLib binding for ADO, and performance testing. Includes sample code and links to more resources. Suggestions in this article have been tested on http://www.microsoft.com and work well.

Maximizing the Performance of Your Active Server Pages
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dn...tml/maxperf.asp

Describes ASP, choosing the right scripting language, using ActiveX server components and server scriptlets, and provides tips for getting the most out of SQL server. Discusses performance testing and the stress and performance counters. Concludes with a list of ten tips to consider when working with ASP.

Timing the Execution Times of your ASP Scripts
http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/122799-1.shtml

Describes how to benchmark the timing of VBScript in an ASP environment. Includes code samples that show an easy way to benchmark your code in a way that is reasonably accurate and absolutely free.

Tips to Improve ASP Application Performance
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/000106.htm

Discusses ASP performance in regards to HTML pages and response time. Examines the factors that determine response time, namely, ASP page performance, Network bandwidth, and Database issues. Offers code samples to illustrate performance tips.

Improve the Performance of Your MDAC Applications
http://www.microsoft.com/data/ImpPerf.htm

Provides suggestions and guidelines for improving your MDAC Application in the areas of general, middle tier, and ASP considerations. Performance issues discussed range from the strongly-typed subroutine to updating data through an SQL statement; from limiting queries to using native OLE DB providers; from proper use of cursors to ADO C++ Extensions. In most cases sample code is provided.

Top Ten Tips: Accessing SQL Through ADO and ASP
http://www.microsoft.com/mind/1198/ado/ado.htm

Accessing an SQL Server database from ADO using ASP can pose many challenges. Offers specific recommendations to help improve the performance of your data access. Tips discussed range from: use of stored procedures to improve robustness to explicit creation of parameters; from avoiding the use of Binary Large Objects to choosing the right cursor. Also discusses pooling, creating useful indexes, and optimizing queries. Includes some sample code and screen shots.

Building High Performance HTML Pages
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/perf/perftips.asp

Discusses a variety of ways to improve performance on HTML Web pages. Topics discussed range from the reuse of HTML Components and External Scripts to deferring your scripts; from authoring hyperlinks consistently to using fixed-size tables; from leveraging the HTTP Expires Header to using cache-control extensions.

Caching Tutorial for Web Authors and Webmasters
http://www.mnot.net/cache_docs/

Defines a Web cache, how a cache works, and how caches help improve your Web site performance. Discusses the differences between a browser and proxy cache. Describes how to control caches, including a discussion of HTML Meta Tags vs. HTTP Headers, why Pragma HTTP Headers don't work, and Cache-Control HTTP Headers. Includes tips on how to build a cache-aware Web site.

Web Caching and Content Delivery Resources
http://www.web-caching.com/

A comprehensive guide to resources about caching on the World Wide Web. Recent topics include: Lists of Content Delivery Networks, Preventing the Caching of Embedded Resources, Caching Linked Content Link .gifs, .jpgs, .css, Preventing Netscape From Caching HTTPS Objects, Using META Expires To Prevent Page Caching, and Sizing Web Caches. This site includes links to tutorials, discussion groups, and a newsletter. Also lists coming events and provides links to other resources, including industry news, research, publications, and tools.