Designing .NET Applications for Performance Optimization

Developing performance-oriented .NET applications is not easy. The .NET standard includes only basic guidelines and interface definitions to help programmers develop .NET applications. The ADO.NET data providers do not automatically throw exceptions to say that your code is running too slowly.

Designing a .NET application is a complex process, in part because the code can be very data provider-specific. If you are working with several databases, you will find that the programming concepts vary between the different data providers. You will need much more database knowledge to design your application effectively.

This section presents guidelines compiled by examining the .NET implementations of shipping .NET applications. The guidelines discuss selecting .NET objects and methods, designing .NET applications, retrieving data, and updating data.