25 Secrets for Faster ASP.NET Applications

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Table of contents

• Want to build scalable websites and services? Work asynchronously
• Where are your custom performance counters?
• RavenDB
• Don't call AsEnumerable on a collection before using LINQ
• Never call .Wait() or .Result on a Task
• Throwing HttpResponseExceptions
• Web API tracing
• Message Handlers
• Database access
• When you're profiling, prefer accuracy to detail
• Make the most of connection pooling by closing SQLConnection as soon as possible
• OutputCache
• Use ConfigureAwait to avoid thread hopping, especially in library code
• Be careful of variable allocations
• How to stress test your public facing web application using the cloud (or without it)
• Using the keyword await doesn't make the work asynchronous
• Don't use async/await for short methods
• Turn off Change Tracking in Entity Framework
• Always use compiled queries in Entity Framework
• Diagnosing JavaScript memory leaks with Chrome Dev tools
• Monitoring memory consumption