Web Application Performance Tuning Tips

I have given below the most common performance tuning tips (technology agnostic): 

Tip 1#     Minimize the use of JavaScript and style sheets

Tip 2#     Check out for framework specific characteristics

Tip 3#     Use pagination

Tip 4#     Cache all the static content like HTML pages, images etc

Tip 5#     Cache frequently used or accessed master data or reference data

Tip 6#     Reducing extensive use of Session variables will avoid clogging server resources and avoid performance bottlenecks

Tip 7#     Set up health monitoring of your web application

Tip 8#     Perform “Performance Testing”

Tip 9#     Measure the performance metrics for all components

References

• http://www.bsil.com/Resource-Center-(1)/White-Papers/01---Web-Application-Performance-Tuning-pdf.aspx
• http://technicalmumbojumbo.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/web-application-performance-tuning-tips