Bill Wert's weblog
Striving to make managed code fast...
Tip: Don't rely on environment variables for critical decisions
I saw a mail this week asking how you can determine what bitness your process is running in, and one...
Date: 02/24/2008
Use of SGEN.exe to avoid common XmlSerializer performance pitfalls
This week, I encountered a test scenario which makes use of an XmlSerializer on it's startup path....
Date: 02/23/2008
How often should we be measuring?
Testing performance is tough. As a product is being developed, you need to track the performance of...
Date: 04/13/2004
The best laid plans...
I started this, as most do, with the best of intentions. A long list of topics to discuss,...
Date: 04/07/2004
Timing your code
Timing your code One of the fundamental aspects of performance testing is identifying how long it...
Date: 03/11/2004
What To Watch
[Housekeeping stuff. I added categories. Neat stuff.] RichB asked me yesterday in the comments to my...
Date: 03/09/2004
Managed Code Performance
I never quite know how to start something like this without sounding a bit goofy. “Hi...
Date: 03/08/2004