Summary

We covered the following topics in this chapter:

• Performance is determined by several factors, including application throughput, response time, and load. A developer's responsibility is to optimize the performance factors over which they have control.

• You achieve optimum performance through an iterative cycle of testing and optimization.

• ASP.NET provides intrinsic performance advantages over classic ASP.

• Windows 2000 provides Performance Monitor for monitoring a wide range of performance counters.

• Microsoft ACT enables you to simulate heavy user load on your application and to monitor performance metrics under changing load conditions.