dotnet-best-practices

.NET backend architecture patterns span Simple API, Clean Architecture, Vertical Slice, and Modular Monolith, selected based on team size and domain complexity. This guide provides structured decision criteria to match your project scale with the correct architectural pattern.

To optimize EF Core performance in enterprise .NET applications, apply structured best practices for query efficiency and context management. This guide provides specific EF Core optimization tips and annotated examples to accelerate your database layer planning and review processes.

Implementing CQRS in a .NET backend requires separating read and write operations using structured patterns. This guide provides CQRS guidelines and practical checklists ensuring proper command and query responsibility segregation across enterprise projects.

This .NET best practices guide covers async programming patterns and API design principles comprehensively. It provides structured guidance on asynchronous operations and endpoint design to ensure backends remain robust and scalable across enterprise projects.

These .NET best practices apply to small teams and simple API projects effectively. Architecture guidance includes Simple API patterns tailored for smaller scopes, ensuring practices scale down appropriately to fit your team size and domain complexity.

You should not use Clean Architecture for your .NET application when domain complexity is low and team size is small, as it introduces unnecessary overhead. This guide provides discovery prompts to help evaluate if simpler patterns like Vertical Slice or Simple API are more appropriate for your context.