Your Entity Framework Core application may work perfectly with a small database—but what happens when data grows, traffic increases, queries slow down, and production users begin feeling the delay?
High-Performance Entity Framework Core 10 gives .NET developers a practical, step-by-step guide to finding and fixing EF Core performance problems with evidence instead of guesswork.
You do not need prior experience with indexing, execution plans, benchmarking, connection pooling, concurrency, or database diagnostics. If you already understand basic C#, LINQ, DbContext, relationships, migrations, and CRUD, this book will guide you progressively into professional EF Core performance engineering.
Using the realistic FulfilmentOps application, you will learn how to inspect generated SQL, diagnose bottlenecks, reduce unnecessary database work, improve query design, optimize high-volume operations, and validate every change through measurement.
Mistakes and unexpected results are treated as part of the learning process. Each chapter builds confidence through small, measurable improvements that show not only what to optimize, but why it works.
Key FeaturesPractical coverage of Entity Framework Core 10 and .NET 10
Step-by-step optimization using a realistic cumulative application
LINQ query optimization, projections, tracking, and N+1 troubleshooting
Keyset pagination, sargable queries, indexing, and SQL execution plans
High-performance writes with batching, ExecuteUpdate, and ExecuteDelete
DbContext pooling, compiled queries, concurrency, transactions, and retries
BenchmarkDotNet, OpenTelemetry, logging, tracing, and load testing
Checklists, review questions, exercises, and troubleshooting references
What You Will LearnMeasure and diagnose EF Core performance
Inspect generated SQL and database commands
Design efficient read queries and projections
Detect and eliminate N+1 queries
Choose effective relationship-loading strategies
Implement scalable keyset pagination
Design and evaluate SQL Server indexes
Read seeks, scans, lookups, joins, and sorts
Optimize SaveChanges and high-volume writes
Reduce EF Core runtime overhead
Handle concurrency, transactions, retries, and idempotency
Trace application requests to database operations
Apply a repeatable Measure–Diagnose–Optimize–Validate workflow
Who This Book Is ForThis book is ideal for C# and .NET developers, backend developers, software engineers, students, and self-learners who already understand basic Entity Framework Core and want to build faster, more scalable, production-ready data access.
No previous database performance-tuning experience is required.
Table of ContentsMeasuring and Diagnosing EF Core Performance
Designing Efficient Read Queries
Optimizing Relationships and Related Data
Scaling Search and Pagination
Indexing and Query Execution Plans
Engineering High-Performance Writes
Reducing EF Core Runtime Overhead
Concurrency, Transactions, and Resilience
Diagnostics, Observability, and Performance Testing
Production EF Core Performance Engineering
Stop guessing why your EF Core application is slow. Start measuring, diagnosing, optimizing, and validating with confidence.
Build faster, more scalable .NET data access—one practical improvement at a time.
