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High-Performance Programming in C# and .NET

By : Jason Alls
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High-Performance Programming in C# and .NET

By: Jason Alls

Overview of this book

Writing high-performance code while building an application is crucial, and over the years, Microsoft has focused on delivering various performance-related improvements within the .NET ecosystem. This book will help you understand the aspects involved in designing responsive, resilient, and high-performance applications with the new version of C# and .NET. You will start by understanding the foundation of high-performance code and the latest performance-related improvements in C# 10.0 and .NET 6. Next, you’ll learn how to use tracing and diagnostics to track down performance issues and the cause of memory leaks. The chapters that follow then show you how to enhance the performance of your networked applications and various ways to improve directory tasks, file tasks, and more. Later, you’ll go on to improve data querying performance and write responsive user interfaces. You’ll also discover how you can use cloud providers such as Microsoft Azure to build scalable distributed solutions. Finally, you’ll explore various ways to process code synchronously, asynchronously, and in parallel to reduce the time it takes to process a series of tasks. By the end of this C# programming book, you’ll have the confidence you need to build highly resilient, high-performance applications that meet your customer's demands.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Part 1: High-Performance Code Foundation
7
Part 2: Writing High-Performance Code
16
Part 3: Threading and Concurrency

Understanding local storage tasks

On Windows 10, there are several locations that you can use to store data locally. These are as follows:

  • Local: Located in the user’s AppData folder, this folder can contain settings, files, and folders. This folder is used for data that is not that easy to recreate or download. If you have backup applications that can back up a user’s AppData folder, then anything stored in the Local folder will be backed up.
  • Local Cache: Only files created using the ApplicationData.LocalCacheFolder property can be stored in the local cache. Items stored using the local cache will be persisted across sessions.
  • Roaming: Roaming profiles can be used by network users to store their local data on the server. This has the advantage that prudent network managers will ensure profiles are backed up regularly, so users will always have a restore point if they happen to lose data.
  • Temporary: Use the AppData\Temp folder for temporary data. It...