Summary

This chapter has provided you with an overview of some of the techniques that you can use to increase the performance of your code regardless of whether you are building Windows Forms, Web Forms, or even console applications. This chapter discussed the concepts of boxing and unboxing as well as the proper techniques to be used when looping and manipulating strings. This chapter also contained an overview of some tools that you can use to speed up your application, such as NGen.exe, and tools that can recommend ways to increase performance and enhance conformance to design guidelines, such as the Visual Studio Performance Wizard and FxCop.