Performance Optimization Workflow When to Use This Skill Slow API response times Database query optimization Frontend rendering issues Memory usage concerns Scalability planning Pre-Flight Checklist Identify performance bottleneck Gather baseline metrics Determine acceptable thresholds Plan measurement approach Performance Analysis Framework Step 1: Identify Bottleneck Type Performance Issue ├── Database (slow queries, N+1) ├── API (serialization, processing) ├── Network (payload size, latency) └── Frontend (rendering, bundle size)
Step 2: Measure Baseline
API response time
curl -w "@curl-format.txt" -o /dev/null -s "http://api/endpoint"
Database query time (SQL Server)
SET STATISTICS TIME ON; SELECT * FROM Table WHERE ...;
Frontend bundle analysis
npm run build -- --stats-json npx webpack-bundle-analyzer stats.json
Database Optimization N+1 Query Detection // :x: N+1 Problem var employees = await repo.GetAllAsync(); foreach (var emp in employees) { // Each iteration queries database! Console.WriteLine(emp.Department.Name); }
// :white_check_mark: Eager Loading var employees = await repo.GetAllAsync( e => e.CompanyId == companyId, ct, e => e.Department, // Include Department e => e.Manager // Include Manager );
Query Optimization // :x: Loading all columns var employees = await repo.GetAllAsync(); var names = employees.Select(e => e.Name);
// :white_check_mark: Projection var names = await repo.GetAllAsync( q => q.Where(e => e.IsActive) .Select(e => e.Name));
Index Recommendations -- Frequently filtered columns CREATE INDEX IX_Employee_CompanyId ON Employees(CompanyId); CREATE INDEX IX_Employee_Status ON Employees(Status);
-- Composite index for common queries CREATE INDEX IX_Employee_Company_Status ON Employees(CompanyId, Status) INCLUDE (FullName, Email);
-- Full-text search index CREATE FULLTEXT INDEX ON Employees(FullName, Email);
Paging Patterns // :x: Loading all then paging in memory var all = await repo.GetAllAsync(); var page = all.Skip(skip).Take(take);
// :white_check_mark: Database-level paging var page = await repo.GetAllAsync( (uow, q) => q .Where(e => e.IsActive) .OrderBy(e => e.Id) .Skip(skip) .Take(take));
API Optimization Parallel Operations // :x: Sequential var users = await userRepo.GetAllAsync(); var companies = await companyRepo.GetAllAsync(); var settings = await settingsRepo.GetAllAsync();
// :white_check_mark: Parallel (Tuple Await) var (users, companies, settings) = await ( userRepo.GetAllAsync(), companyRepo.GetAllAsync(), settingsRepo.GetAllAsync() );
Response Size // :x: Returning entire entity return new Result { Employee = employee };
// :white_check_mark: Return only needed fields return new Result { Id = employee.Id, Name = employee.FullName, Status = employee.Status };
Caching
// Static data caching
private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary
public async Task
var data = await LoadFromDbAsync(key);
_cache.TryAdd(key, data);
return data;
}
Frontend Optimization Bundle Size // :x: Import entire library import _ from 'lodash';
// :white_check_mark: Import specific functions import { debounce } from 'lodash-es/debounce';
Lazy Loading // :white_check_mark: Lazy load routes const routes: Routes = [ { path: 'feature', loadChildren: () => import('./feature/feature.module') .then(m => m.FeatureModule) } ];
Change Detection // :white_check_mark: OnPush for performance @Component({ changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush })
// :white_check_mark: Track-by for lists
trackByItem = this.ngForTrackByItemProp
// Template @for (item of items; track trackByItem)
Virtual Scrolling // For large lists import { CdkVirtualScrollViewport } from '@angular/cdk/scrolling';
Background Job Optimization Bounded Parallelism // :x: Unbounded await items.ParallelAsync(ProcessAsync);
// :white_check_mark: Bounded await items.ParallelAsync(ProcessAsync, maxConcurrent: 5);
Batch Processing // :x: One at a time foreach (var item in items) await repo.UpdateAsync(item);
// :white_check_mark: Batch update await repo.UpdateManyAsync(items, dismissSendEvent: true);
Performance Monitoring Logging Slow Operations var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew(); var result = await ExecuteOperation(); sw.Stop();
if (sw.ElapsedMilliseconds > 1000) Logger.LogWarning("Slow operation: {Ms}ms", sw.ElapsedMilliseconds);
Database Query Logging // In DbContext configuration optionsBuilder.LogTo( Console.WriteLine, new[] { DbLoggerCategory.Database.Command.Name }, LogLevel.Information);
Performance Checklist Database Indexes on filtered columns Eager loading for relations Projection for partial data Paging at database level No N+1 queries API Parallel operations where possible Response DTOs (not entities) Caching for static data Pagination for lists Frontend Lazy loading for routes OnPush change detection Track-by for lists Virtual scrolling for large lists Tree-shaking imports Background Jobs Bounded parallelism Batch operations Paged processing Appropriate scheduling Anti-Patterns to AVOID
:x: SELECT * in production
var all = await context.Table.ToListAsync();
:x: Synchronous I/O
var result = asyncOperation.Result; // Blocks thread
:x: Unbounded result sets
await repo.GetAllAsync(); // Could be millions
:x: Repeated database calls in loops
foreach (var id in ids) await repo.GetByIdAsync(id); // N queries
Verification Checklist Baseline metrics recorded Bottleneck identified and addressed Changes measured against baseline No new performance issues introduced Monitoring in place Task Planning Notes Always plan and break many small todo tasks Always add a final review todo task to review the works done at the end to find any fix or enhancement needed