50 Ways to Avoid Find and Fix ASP.NET Performance Issues

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Table of contents

• Caching is a last resort
• Remove unused View Engines
• Use Microsoft's PDBs to debug or profile external assemblies or libraries
• A selection of tips
• Make sure paging is conducted at the database layer
• Always perform validation on the server
• Review what client scripts you are using
• Reduce the data sent across the network
• Avoid running sites in debug mode
• When in production, carefully consider what you need to log
• A selection of tips
• Use the startMode attribute to reduce the load time for your ASP.NET site
• Don't underestimate the value of the UI when tackling performance problems
• Throw hardware at the problem, not developers
• Don't assume that problems can only arise from business logic
• Before tackling any website performance issue, first verify the problem isn't on the client
• Static collections
• Know your loops
• Seven handy ViewState tips
• Avoid using session state
• Take advantage of .NET 4.5 async constructs
• StringBuilder is NOT the answer for all string concatenation scenarios; String.Join could be
• ORM Tips
• T-SQL Tips
• Index Tips