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.NET Framework 4.0: Comparing LINQ and PLINQ performance
In one of my sessions I demonstrated how PLINQ uses two CPU-s instead of one and has better performance than non-parallel processing. In this posting I will introduce my experiment and show you my example results. In the end of this posting you can find source code that is ready for demonstration.
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ASP.NET 4.0: How to use application warm-up class
About week ago I introduced IIS Application Warm-up Module. ASP.NET 4.0 provides separate mechanism for same purposes. ASP.NET 4.0 application warm-up is different and if you like you can use both warm-up methods together. In this posting I will show you how to make ASP.NET 4.0 application warm-up work.
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Creating configuration reader for web and cloud environments
Currently it is not possible to make changes to web.config file that is hosted on Windows Azure. If you want to change web.config you have to deploy your application again. If you want to be able to modify configuration you must use web role settings. In this blog post I will show you how to write configuration wrapper class that detects runtime environment and reads settings based on this knowledge.
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IIS Application Warm-Up Module
During one of my sessions I demonstrated how to use IIS Application Warm-Up Module. Some applications need to perform initialization tasks before taking requests from users. Application warm-up module is very good tool for this because it does not depend on script language or any other aspect of web application. In this posting I will show you how to use application warm-up module with simple PHP script.