Code Review and Code Optimization - ASP.NET

In this article you will learn how to use Code Review and Code Optimization in ASP.NET.

Resource Management

• Use Close or Dispose on objects that support it using the Using Statement

• Implement Finalize only if you hold unmanaged resources across client calls, UnManaged code should be removed, since it won't be managed by the CLR

Session Usage

• Disable session state if you do not use it.

• Use the ReadOnly attribute wherever required

• Remove the stored values from the Session

• Don't store infrequently used values in Session

• Check if the entire object needs to be stored. If not, store the individual attributes with unique key and fetch them later

• Don't store the same object multiple times

Page Size

• Reduction of page size - remove unwanted/hidden columns in grid/list views

• Reduce the size of the view state, post-back information which is needed

• Post back information about the labels, controls, JavaScript which have been used for display purpose no need to post back this data

• In general disable view state on control-by-control basis

Ajax

• Avoid Unnecessary AJAX Calls

DataReader

• Code should use drOutput.IsDBNull(index)? Instead of

         drOutput["COL_NAME"]!=Convert.DBNull)

• Use DataReader methods like (GetString, GetInt64, etc) to read value from Data reader. Instead of using

GetObject

• Usage of GetOrdinal methods in IDataReader block
  

ExecuteScalar

• If only one value is expected from database use ExecuteScalar. Else, use ExecuteReader. Avoid using ExecuteDataset.
  

Collection Usage

• Implement strongly typed (Generics) collections to prevent casting overhead

Reflection & Late Binding

• Prefer early binding and explicit types rather than reflection
  

Avoid XMLDocument

• Avoid XMLDocument wherever necessary, Instead use XPathDocument, which is read only.
  

String Handling

• If ToLower,ToUpper is encountered change them to Compare function. If string concatenation is done by += and the string is too large then convert it to StringBuilder. When declaring a string use String.Empty rather thatn = "". When comparing empty string compare with Lenth > 0.