What is the fastest way to render an html table?

Question

i have seen comments on using table-layout: fixed. I have seen comments on defining col widths upfront and also lots of comments on avoiding table especially nested tables and use some css solution instead of tables.

Is there an agreed documented solution for rendering an html table as fast as possible?
Also, if there is an alternative that is faster that would be great as well.

Answer 1

I would say don't sweat it, tables will render fine across all browsers, and speed is not an issue. That being said, use them for tabular data, if it's just for layout stick to divs.