Web Developer Checklist

ASP.NET Performance

Best practices

Use output caching◄
- Output caching in ASP.NET MVC
- Output caching in ASP.NET WebForms
Compress all text-based files◄
Run in Release Mode◄
- Release Mode and Retail switch
Disable tracing◄
- Tracing in ASP.NET

Bundling

Bundle Javascript◄
Bundle Stylesheets◄

Minification

Minify Javascript◄
Minify Stylesheets◄
Minify HTML◄
- Remove whitespace in WebForms
- Remove whitespace in Razor

Expiration

Use long expiration dates◄
- Set expiration in web.config
- Set expiration programmatically
Fingerprint resources◄
- Cache busting in ASP.NET

Optimize responses

Conditional GETs◄

Images

Optimize images◄
- Image Optimizer for VS2010+
- PNGGauntlet application
Inline small images◄
Use image sprites◄
- Request Reduce

Remove headers

Remove 'Server'◄
- Remove unnecessary headers
Remove 'ETag'◄
- Remove ETags in ASP.NET
Remove 'X-Powered-By'
Remove 'X-AspNet-Version'◄
- Remove the X-AspNet-Version header
Remove 'X-AspNetMvc-Version'
Remove 'X-AspNetWebPages-Version'

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