Pro .NET 4 Performance

Performance is a cornerstone of every software product. Whether you're developing for the enterprise or a single mobile device, execution speed is always a factor - yet many applications still suffer from slow loading times and lags. Fortunately, you don't need to pay expensive consultation fees, since most of these issues stem from the same few coding problems that developers worldwide repeat over and over again.

Pro .NET 4 Performance is about demystifying .NET coding performance. It's not a complex tuning guide, nor will it leave you dazed by a deep exploration of the CLR. What it will do is lay out simple, robust methods through which you can profile your application and quickly discover the 20% of coding errors that are leading to 80% of your performance problems.

Pro .NET 4 Performance arms developers with the practical tools and understanding to know precisely where to look for performance issues, how to correct them and how to assess the benefits that the changes have brought. Throughout the book, all explanations are supported with detailed case studies that assess a carefully constructed sample application.
This application, based upon a piece of real industrial software, has been specifically constructed to highlight the most common application performance issues in the most realistic way possible.

By setting up a profiler session, diagnosing the errors, reporting, analyzing, and finally correcting them, you'll be confident and familiar enough with these concepts to apply them to your own applications. What you'll learn * That the vast majority of software performance issues stem from the same few recurring development mistakes * To set up a profiler, diagnose errors, report, analyze and correct code * To evaluate the performance gains brought about by your changes * Walk through a working case study, based on a piece of real software, to see the book's concepts in action in as realistic a context as possible * How to take the book's ideas and apply them to your own applications Who this book is for This book is for developers with an understanding of .NET and C#. You don't need to be an expert in either, but this book assumes that you are confident working with them.