January 2005

ASP.NET: 10 Tips for Writing High-Performance Web Applications

Writing a Web application with ASP.NET is unbelievably easy. So many developers don't take the time to structure their applications for great performance. In this article, the author presents 10 tips for writing high-performance Web apps. The discussion is not limited to ASP.NET applications because they are just one subset of Web applications. Rob Howard

C++ Rules: Power Your App with the Programming Model and Compiler Optimizations of Visual C++

Many programmers think that C++ gets good performance because it generates native code, but even if your code is completely managed you'll still get superior performance. In Visual Studio 2005, the C++ syntax itself has been greatly improved to make it faster to write. In addition, a flexible language framework is provided for interacting with the common language runtime (CLR) to write high-performance programs. Read about it here. Kang Su Gatlin

Memory Lane: Rediscover the Lost Art of Memory Optimization in Your Managed Code

Managed applications rely on the garbage collector in the .NET Framework to allocate and clean up memory. The little CPU time spent performing garbage collection (GC) is usually a fair trade-off for not having to worry about memory management. But for applications in which CPU time and memory are precious resources, minimizing the time spent garbage collecting can greatly improve application performance and robustness. Find out how to manage memory all over again. Erik Brown

CLR Profiler: No Code Can Hide from the Profiling API in the .NET Framework 2.0

The common language runtime (CLR) profiling API makes available information about the application domains, assemblies, and classes that are loaded and used in a process, just-in-time (JIT) compiler notifications, memory usage tracking, tracing of events, exception tracking, managed to unmanaged code transitions, and the state of the runtime. And if that weren't enough, you will find a nicely enhanced profiling API in the .NET Framework 2.0. Find out what's coming up in this next version. Jay Hilyard

Interop: Get Seamless .NET Exception Logging From COM Clients Without Modifying Your Code

Using .NET objects from ASP can help you gain experience with the .NET Framework before migrating to ASP.NET. Your ASP pages will make use of the new .NET components through COM-callable wrappers (CCW). But how will you handle exceptions? This article fills you in. Matt Adamson

All About Statics: Get a Charge From Statics with Seven Essential Programming Tips

This article examines seven characteristics of statics that will help you in your development. The discussion will touch on static constructors and how the C# and Visual Basic compilers work together with the runtime to implement additional safety behind the scenes. By the end of the article, you will come away with best practices for the use of static members and static classes in your apps. K. Scott Allen

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