Performance Tuning and Optimizing ASP.NET Applications [Paperback]

Jeffrey Hasan (Author), Kenneth Tu (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1590590724 | ISBN-13: 978-1590590720 | Publication Date: March 19, 2003 | Edition: 1

"Performance Tuning and Optimizing ASP .NET Applications" covers performance tuning and optimization for ASP.NET applications. Currently, the market is being flooded with a slew of books on how to write .NET applications, but, so far, there has not been a title that is devoted to the more advanced topic of tuning an ASP.NET application for maximum performance. There will be an increasing demand for this information as developers get comfortable with the technology and begin completing first versions of their ASP.NET applications. They will be looking for a book that dispenses with basic language tutorials, and instead tackles the real-world issues of performance. Intermediate to experienced developers, who are either working on an ASP.NET development project or are about to start one, will find "Performance Tuning and Optimizing ASP .NET Applications" helpful for its concise information on how to design and write ASP.NET applications for optimal performance. These developers will already have a foundation with .NET technology, so Jeffrey Hasan will dispense with basic tutorials on how to write .NET code. Instead, Hasan will highlight what to use and what to avoid when coding for optimal performance. This will include a range of details that affect performance, from the very granular (e.g., working with strings) through to the broader (e.g., working with ViewState and Session State). Hasan will also cover the tools that are available for monitoring ASP.NET application performance, and will give the reader clear guidance on how to apply these tools to their project. These tools include Performance Monitor (with its new counters for .NET), Microsoft's Web Application Stress (WAS) tool, and Microsoft Application Center (that ships with Visual Studio Enterprise Edition).

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About the Author

 

Jeffrey Hasan has been a developer, consultant, and author specializing in Windows and Web development using a wide range of Microsoft technologies. Hasan currently leads the Web development group at InfoQuest Systems, Inc., which provides business intelligence tools for the cable, network, and motion picture industries. Hasan and his team are in their sixth month of developing a Web-based application using ASP.NET, which includes traditional Web forms plus XML Web Services. Hasan is a contributing author to several Wrox Press books, including most recently, Professional .NET Framework and ADO.NET Programmer's Reference. He has written a number of magazine articles on Web development, including several articles for Advisor Media. Hasan has worked with .NET since RC-1, and maintains many months of experience developing ASP.NET applications and XML Web services. In his own professional life with ASP.NET he is working through advanced issues, and remains very interested in sharing some of the insights he has gained into how best to work with this technology. Additionally Hasan maintains a Master's degree from Duke University, and is Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD).

Kenneth Tu - Kenneth Tu has been a developer, architect, and consultant for companies in the software and financial industries. His primary focus is on Windows and Web development using Microsoft technologies. He is currently developing enterprise web applications for Onyx Acceptance Corporation, a specialized consumer finance company. With the advent of Visual Studio .NET, he has concentrated on two programming languages, C# and Visual Basic .NET. Kenneth has a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. He currently lives in Southern California and spends his free time explorin

Product Details

• Paperback: 392 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (March 19, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590590724
• ISBN-13: 978-1590590720
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,440,287 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two Thumbs Up, April 7, 2003

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"stephlynn" (New Holland, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Performance Tuning and Optimizing ASP.NET Applications (Paperback)

If you have some experience developing ASP.NET applications, then you will want to read this book! You don't have to be a super user, you just need to know the basics on how to create an ASP.NET application. Don't get me wrong, this book is also a must read for us developers who have been creating ASP.NET applications for a while too.

Chapter 1, Introducing Performance Tuning and Optimization was very well written and describes the basics of this topic. Chapter 2, Introducing ASP.NET Applications was a little basic for me, but you don't want to skip reading it. I found some very helpful explanations about the reasons for doing things the recommended way that no other author has mentioned. Most books tell you to do it a certain way, but never indicate why. Chapter 3, Writing Optimized Data Access Code, also had some very helpful tips and explanations.

My favorite chapters by far were Chapters 4 (Optimizing Application and Session State Management), 5 (Caching ASP.NET Applications)and 7(Stress Testing and Monitoring ASP.NET Applications). I can't say enough about these chapters. They are a must read for any developer!! The only bad thing I can say is, I wish they would have developed Chapter 7 even more. Or, maybe we can entice them to write a whole book on ACT, a feature that is not mentioned in any other book I have read, and I read a lot.

Chapter 6, Writing Optimized Web Services, was also a great chapter, but it's not one that interests me at this time because I do not have a use for it in my current developing position. However, if you do have a use for Web Services, this is a must read chapter as it gives a great example and shows how users consume it.

I highly recommend this book to any and all developers, even if you are just starting out with ASP.NET. It's a book you will want to keep for referencing during your ASP.NET development.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent ASP.NET Performance Book, June 26, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Performance Tuning and Optimizing ASP.NET Applications (Paperback)

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book! It was easy to read and was filled with good advice regarding ASP.NET application performance.

My favorite topics included using session state management, writing optimized data access, understanding viewstate and even using Microsoft's ACT!

Most of all, the authors devoted a solid chapter on Stress Testing and Monitoring Performance. I found this to be the most important chapter because it covered the concepts behind analyzing and measuring the performance of your site. This chapter's concepts apply to all other topics in the book.

This book is a must have for ASP.NET developers!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Documentation Ripoff, October 29, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Performance Tuning and Optimizing ASP.NET Applications (Paperback)

This book has way too much information that is already available from the documentation help files or online.

I would preferred to see real world examples of when caching was implemented and how they tackled real problems. The sample code snippets they provide are basic knowledge and are available in the documentation.

This book should be called "Asp.Net and Ado tutorial with a shallow chapter on asp.net caching."