Help starting a ASP web performance utility

[ConfusedProgrammer87]

I have been assigned to make a web application that can examine the "performanc e" of web sites. The spec states it's meant to be a software system that can examine how well a website is performing/functioning. I'm meant to use ASP to accomplish this task. I am confused on how I should go about doing this. I am so confused at what I should even do. Basically these are some things that I think I should incorporate into the project:

1) The system should open a socket connection to a website and time how long it takes for the content to load
2) Run the script code through the W3C validators and check the script code for errors

I am at a loss of what else to include. Could anyone offer me some suggestions on how to go about doing this or what other features to include?

[jhardman]

that sounds like you have the basics covered. That is what I would have suggested. One thought that often comes up in the HTML forum is how some sites perform much better in one browser rather than another. I don't know how one would go about testing this thru asp, but I hope it gives you an idea.

Jared