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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

Chapter 12: Responsive User Interfaces

In this chapter, you will learn to write responsive user interfaces. You will write responsive Windows Forms (WinForms), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), ASP.NET, .NET MAUI, and WinUI applications. Using background worker threads, you will see how you can update and work with the User Interface (UI) in real time by running long-running tasks in the background.

In this chapter, we will be working through the following topics:

  • Building a responsive UI with WinForms: In this section, you will write a simple WinForms application that remains responsive to user interaction while performing multiple tasks.
  • Building a responsive UI with WPF: In this section, you will be writing a simple WPF application that remains responsive to user interaction while performing multiple tasks.
  • Building a responsive UI with ASP.NET: In this section, you will be writing a simple ASP.NET application that remains responsive to user interaction while...