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ASP.NET Applications speed optimizations regarding to use of page and server controls, web application settings and best coding practices

Describes how to create your own custom profiler for any managed application

The AltSerializer is a replacement for the binary serializer built in to .NET.

Ever wanted something faster than SetPixel? Well you've found it.

This tool analyses the IL of a list of assemblies, looking for types, methods, and fields that are not used by another list of assemblies. This lets you see if you have unused legacy code lying around that should be cleaned up.

ASP.NET 2.0 has a lot of performance enhancements. In addition this article discusses on certain techniques which can improve the performance of applications.

The PerfConsole allows developers to analyze Visual Studio Performance Profiler's reports. It is a simple performance investigation tool which tries to adopt a debugger like experience to drilling into Visual Studio Performance Profiler generated data.

Comparision of String/StringBuilder functions. Efficient String handling.

EasyPack enables syntax checking, validation, compression and obsfucation of JavaScript files with a single click

Wrong

        System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch s = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();

        s.Start();
        for (i = 0; i < count; i++) Test1();
        s.Stop();
        Console.WriteLine("Test1: {0}", s.ElapsedMilliseconds);

        s.Start();
        for (i = 0; i < count; i++) Test2();
        s.Stop();

        Console.WriteLine("Test2: {0}", s.ElapsedMilliseconds);

Right

        System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch s = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();

        s.Start();
        for (i = 0; i < count; i++) Test1();
        s.Stop();
        Console.WriteLine("Test1: {0}", s.ElapsedMilliseconds);

        s.Reset();

        s.Start();
        for (i = 0; i < count; i++) Test2();
        s.Stop();

        Console.WriteLine("Test2: {0}", s.ElapsedMilliseconds);

Not that *cough* I would ever make this mistake or anything, but you know... it could happen to like, a friend, or something. Ya. My friend. :)