Re: [support] views' block or custom block ?

Michel Morelli wrote:

Hi all, I have a big site on a not so good server machine.

Now I need to create (and display) a block with the last entry of a particular node type (call it "foo").

I can do this in 2 ways:

• views (with template files)
• custom module with costum block section

In a performance context which is the best solution ?

You'll probably have to test it yourself with your environment to determine the performance thing.

I use views in the site so this will not be the only view, and I use other custom modules so the block section will be part of one of them.

Just because you have views already installed I would suggest using a view for the block because it is less code to maintain.