20 Tips to Improve ASP.net Application Performance

20 Tips to Improve ASP.net Application Performance

• Disable Session State
• Output Buffering
• Avoid Server-Side Validation
• Repeater Control Good, DataList, DataGrid, and DataView controls Bad
• Take advantage of HttpResponse.IsClientConnected before performing a large operation
• Use HTTPServerUtility.Transfer instead of Response.Redirect
• Always check Page.IsValid when using Validator Controls
• Deploy with Release Build
• Turn off Tracing
• Page.IsPostBack is your friend
• Avoid Exceptions
• Caching is Possibly the number one tip!
• Create Per-Request Cache
• Use of StringBuilder for String Manipulation
  
• Turn Off ViewState
• Use Paging
• Use the AppOffline.htm when updating binaries
• Use ControlState and not ViewState for Controls
• Use the Finally Method
• Option Strict and Option Explicit

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