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ASP.NET 2.0 has a lot of performance enhancements. In addition this article discusses on certain techniques which can improve the performance of applications.

The PerfConsole allows developers to analyze Visual Studio Performance Profiler's reports. It is a simple performance investigation tool which tries to adopt a debugger like experience to drilling into Visual Studio Performance Profiler generated data.

Comparision of String/StringBuilder functions. Efficient String handling.

EasyPack enables syntax checking, validation, compression and obsfucation of JavaScript files with a single click

Wrong

        System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch s = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();

        s.Start();
        for (i = 0; i < count; i++) Test1();
        s.Stop();
        Console.WriteLine("Test1: {0}", s.ElapsedMilliseconds);

        s.Start();
        for (i = 0; i < count; i++) Test2();
        s.Stop();

        Console.WriteLine("Test2: {0}", s.ElapsedMilliseconds);

Right

        System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch s = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();

        s.Start();
        for (i = 0; i < count; i++) Test1();
        s.Stop();
        Console.WriteLine("Test1: {0}", s.ElapsedMilliseconds);

        s.Reset();

        s.Start();
        for (i = 0; i < count; i++) Test2();
        s.Stop();

        Console.WriteLine("Test2: {0}", s.ElapsedMilliseconds);

Not that *cough* I would ever make this mistake or anything, but you know... it could happen to like, a friend, or something. Ya. My friend. :)

What are the security and performance proven practices for .NET applications? You can use Guidance Explorer to find out. Guidance Explorer is a tool to help you find and use relevant patterns & practices guidance.

Use HTTP Compression on ASP.NET 2.0 pages

How to compress the ViewState of ASP.NET pages and save bandwidth

Method reflecting invoke is nice, but frequently do it can be too slow. This article describes an alternative method for dynamic method invoke.

The System.Diagnostics namespace provides classes for interacting with event logs, performance counters, and system processes, and can really help when you've got bugs. Find out how.