Most modern web pages contain a lot of images. These images often make up the bulk of a web page request. According to the HTTPArchive, images make up over 50% of the average web page and if you are looking to optimize on the performance of your web page, the best place to start is often with the im...

Parallel programming can be tricky, both compiler and CPU's optimization can lead into a twilight zone's debugging.

A Story and features on IIS tool kit

I was wondering wether the C++ compiler inside Visual Studio 2008 was optimizing it the way it would logically be. So I asked the question on Stackoverflow. It was among my first questions and was to see how the community would answer (yeah I'm lazy). I was promptly answered by Rob Walker. He sho...

Now let’s go deeper to understand how the Garbage Collector (GC) is actually collecting the dead objects and how this may affect the performance.

The Garbage Collector (GC) can be considered the heart of the .NET Framework. It manages the allocation and release of memory for any .NET application. In order to create good .NET applications, we must know how the Garbage Collector (GC) works.

Sidar gives performance tips on developing linq 2 sql

When the .NET Framework instantiates an object, it allocates memory for that object on the managed heap. The object remains on the heap until it's no longer referenced by any active code, at which point the memory it's using is reclamed by the Garbage Collector (GC). Before the GC deallocates the me...

Most of internet tutorials tells you to use Page Load event to bind your data to controls. What's happening when you have to rebind controls again because your data source is changed due to some event where you have to re bind controls.

System.String type is used in any .NET application. We have strings as: names, addresses, descriptions, error messages, warnings or even application settings. Each application has to create, compare or format string data. Considering the immutability and the fact that any object can be converted to ...

Due to my web research I found some useful tips about how to compare two strings making full use of performance in .NET Framework.

Good article on why optimization can be bad, and what you can do about it.

Tips and Tricks which should be used while dealing with SQL

How to read and elaborate sequence of bitmaps without using .NET functions, saving tons of processor cycles.