High-Performance Windows Store Apps

High-Performance Windows Store Apps

<p>Understand what every developer should know about performance when building Windows Store apps. Not designed as a comprehensive reference, this book instead zeroes in on the essentials of planning for great performance and provides a solid starting point for building fast apps. <p> This concise, performance-focused guide:<ul> <li>Provides an introduction to the Windows platform from a performance point of view</li> <li>Describes how to set performance goals, establish tests to track performance, and covers tools to instrument code and analyze performance</li> <li>Explains why common techniques such as micro benchmarks and ad hoc testing often fall short in verifying performance</li> <li>Focuses on managed C#/XAML apps</li> <li>Although tools and techniques also apply to Visual Basic/XAML apps, all code examples use C#</li> <li>HTML5/JavaScript and C++/XAML are not covered</li> <ul>