Enable Gzip Compression in Asp.net using Web.Config to Improve Website Performance

Introduction:

Here I will explain how to enable gzip compression in asp.net using web.config file or add gzip compression in asp.net website using web.config file. Gzip compression is used to increase the page performance of website or application by compressing html, css, jquery, JavaScript etc files.

Description:

In previous post I explained Difference between cursor and while loop in sql server, Breadcrumb example in asp.net, how to pass table as parameter to stored procedure, Add Fade in effect to webpage using JQuery and many articles relating to asp.net, JQuery, Ajax etc. Now I will explain how to enable gzip compression in asp.net using web.config file to increase page performance of website.

Gzip compression is mainly used to improve performance of website by compressing project files for that we need to write the code like as shown below in web.config file

<system.webServer> <httpCompression directory="%SystemDrive%\inetpub\ temp\IIS Temporary Compressed Files"> <scheme name="gzip" dll="%Windir%\system32\inetsrv\gzip.dll"/> <dynamicTypes> <add mimeType="text/*" enabled="true"/> <add mimeType="message/*" enabled="true"/> <add mimeType="application/javascript" enabled="true"/> <add mimeType="*/*" enabled="false"/> </dynamicTypes> <staticTypes> <add mimeType="text/*" enabled="true"/> <add mimeType="message/*" enabled="true"/> <add mimeType="application/javascript" enabled="true"/> <add mimeType="*/*" enabled="false"/> </staticTypes> </httpCompression> <urlCompression doStaticCompression="true" doDynamicCompression="true"/> </system.webServer>

By setting above properties in web.config file automatically it will compress application files and it will help us to improve performance of website.

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