.NET Big-O Algorithm Complexity Cheat Sheet

using System;
Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!");
Console.ReadLine();

dotnet publish -p:PublishSingleFile=true -r win-x64 -c Release --self-contained true

dotnet publish -p:PublishSingleFile=true -r win-x64 -c Release --self-contained false

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
<PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
    <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
    <RuntimeIdentifier>win-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
    <PublishReadyToRun>true</PublishReadyToRun>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

dotnet publish -p:PublishSingleFile=true -r win-x64 -c Release --self-contained true -p:PublishTrimmed=true

dotnet publish -p:PublishSingleFile=true -r win-x64 -c Release --self-contained true -p:EnableCompressionInSingleFile=true

private IList<int>? _idsList;
private IEnumerable<int>? _idsEnumerable;
private int[]? _idsArray;

[GlobalSetup]
public void Setup()
{
    _idsEnumerable = Enumerable.Range(0, 10000);
    _idsList = _idsEnumerable.ToList();
    _idsArray = _idsEnumerable.ToArray();
}

var list = _idsList ?? new List<int>();
if (list.Any() is false) { }

if (_idsList is null || _idsList.Any() is false) { }

if (_idsList == null || _idsList.Any() is false) { }

if (_idsList?.Any() is false) { }

if (_idsList is { Count: > 0 } is false) { }

if (_idsList?.Count == 0) { }

if (_idsList == null || _idsList.Count == 0) { }

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.12.1" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

using BenchmarkDotNet.Running;

namespace AnyCountBenchmark
{
    public static class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
#if DEBUG
            System.Console.WriteLine("Please set the project's configuration to Release mode first.");
#else
            BenchmarkRunner.Run<Scenarios>();
#endif
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;
using BenchmarkDotNet.Jobs;
using BenchmarkDotNet.Order;

namespace AnyCountBenchmark
{
    [SimpleJob(RuntimeMoniker.NetCoreApp50)]
    [Orderer(SummaryOrderPolicy.FastestToSlowest, MethodOrderPolicy.Declared)]
    [RankColumn]
    public class Scenarios
    {
        private IList<int>? _idsList;
        private IEnumerable<int>? _idsEnumerable;
        private int[]? _idsArray;

        [GlobalSetup]
        public void Setup()
        {
            _idsEnumerable = Enumerable.Range(0, 10000);
            _idsList = _idsEnumerable.ToList();
            _idsArray = _idsEnumerable.ToArray();
        }

        #region Any_With_Null_coalescing
        [Benchmark]
        public void List_Any_With_Null_coalescing()
        {
            var list = _idsList ?? new List<int>();
            if (list.Any() is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Array_Any_With_Null_coalescing()
        {
            var array = _idsArray ?? Array.Empty<int>();
            if (array.Any() is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Enumerable_Any_With_Null_coalescing()
        {
            var enumerable = _idsEnumerable ?? Enumerable.Empty<int>();
            if (enumerable.Any() is false) { }
        }
        #endregion

        #region Any_With_Is_Null_Check
        [Benchmark]
        public void List_Any_With_Is_Null_Check()
        {
            if (_idsList is null || _idsList.Any() is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Array_Any_With_Is_Null_Check()
        {
            if (_idsArray is null || _idsArray.Any() is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Enumerable_Any_With_Is_Null_Check()
        {
            if (_idsEnumerable is null || _idsEnumerable.Any() is false) { }
        }
        #endregion

        #region Any_Any_With_Null_Equality_Check
        [Benchmark]
        public void List_Any_With_Null_Equality_Check()
        {
            if (_idsList == null || _idsList.Any() is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Array_Any_With_Null_Equality_Check()
        {
            if (_idsArray == null || _idsArray.Any() is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Enumerable_Any_With_Null_Equality_Check()
        {
            if (_idsEnumerable == null || _idsEnumerable.Any() is false) { }
        }
        #endregion

        #region Any_With_Null_Conditional_Operator
        [Benchmark]
        public void List_Any_With_Null_Conditional_Operator()
        {
            if (_idsList?.Any() is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Array_Any_With_Null_Conditional_Operator()
        {
            if (_idsArray?.Any() is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Enumerable_Any_With_Null_Conditional_Operator()
        {
            if (_idsEnumerable?.Any() is false) { }
        }
        #endregion

        #region Count_With_Pattern_Matching
        [Benchmark]
        public void List_Count_With_Pattern_Matching()
        {
            if (_idsList is { Count: > 0 } is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Array_Length_With_Pattern_Matching()
        {
            if (_idsArray is { Length: > 0 } is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Enumerable_Count_With_Pattern_Matching()
        {
            var list = _idsEnumerable?.ToList();
            if (list is { Count: > 0 } is false) { }
        }
        #endregion

        #region Count_With_Null_Conditional_Operator
        [Benchmark]
        public void List_Count_With_Null_Conditional_Operator()
        {
            if (_idsList?.Count == 0) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Array_Length_With_Null_Conditional_Operator()
        {
            if (_idsArray?.Length == 0) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Enumerable_Count_With_Null_Conditional_Operator()
        {
            if (_idsEnumerable?.Count() == 0) { }
        }
        #endregion

        #region Count_With_Null_Equality_Check
        [Benchmark]
        public void List_Count_With_Null_Equality_Check()
        {
            if (_idsList == null || _idsList.Count == 0) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Array_Length_With_Null_Equality_Check()
        {
            if (_idsArray == null || _idsArray.Length == 0) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Enumerable_Count_With_Null_Equality_Check()
        {
            if (_idsEnumerable == null || _idsEnumerable.Count() == 0) { }
        }
        #endregion
    }
}

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Here’s a summary of what’s new in this preview release:

• Dynamic authentication requests in Blazor WebAssembly
• Handle location changing events
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• HTTP/3 improvements
• Experimental Kestrel support for WebTransport over HTTP/3
• Experimental OpenAPI support for gRPC JSON transcoding
• Rate limiting middleware improvements
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• Accessibility improvements in narration, high contrast and focus control areas
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• More secure SHA-2 support in ASP.NET and System.Messaging
• Configuration builders
• ASP.NET Execution step feature
• ASP.NET HttpCookie parsing
• Enhancements in Visual Tree for WPF applications
• Performance and reliability improvements 

Today, we’re releasing .NET 5.0 Preview 3. It contains a set of new features and performance improvements. We’re continuing to work on the bigger features that will define the 5.0 release. 

We’re excited to announce the release of .NET Core 2.1. It includes improvements to performance, to the runtime and tools. It also includes a new way to deploy tools as NuGet packages.  

• Productivity and Performance improvements – Visual Studio is more responsive and usable, and projects load faster.
• Improved tooling to profile and understand your applications performance.
• Updated JavaScript and TypeScript tooling, including improved Vue.js and ESLint support, and right-click context menu productivity improvements.
• More C++ productivity improvements in IntelliSense, Code Analysis, and Just My Code debugging.
• Improved performance for Visual Basic integer manipulation.
• Azure Development improvements, including continuous delivery for Azure Functions, better experience managing secrets via Key Vault, and ability to configure Application Insights during initial site creation.
• More Library Manager features for managing Web Projects’ client-side library files.
• Mobile Development improvements such as faster Android incremental builds and inclusion of Xamarin.Essentials to facilitate building native apps. 

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