Azure Load Testing is a fully managed load testing service that uses JMeter under the hood. It’s really easy to … Continue reading How to load test an App Service instance with Azure Load Testing
eShopOnWeb architecture article series (16 parts)
For learning and discussion purposes I’ve done up a series of short articles looking at the architecture of eShopOnWeb which … Continue reading eShopOnWeb architecture article series (16 parts)
Remove columns in BenchmarkDotNet result table
BenchmarkDotNet v0.13.2 was released recently and one of the new features is the ability to remove columns from the results … Continue reading Remove columns in BenchmarkDotNet result table
Faster HTTP/2 uploads in .NET 7
.NET 7 will have significantly faster HTTP/2 uploads 💪 … Quote from the Microsoft blog -> 👇 “We’ve increased Kestrel’s default … Continue reading Faster HTTP/2 uploads in .NET 7
HtmlDecode performance improvements in .NET 7
.NET 7 has significantly improved the performance of WebUtility.HtmlDecode 💪🏻 … The previous implementation had been manually iterating through each … Continue reading HtmlDecode performance improvements in .NET 7
.NET 7 LINQ performance improvements
There’s be some amazing performance improvements in certain LINQ methods in .NET 7 compared to .NET 6. Look at the … Continue reading .NET 7 LINQ performance improvements
Poll Results : What’s the most used version of .NET?
I was curious to see what version of .NET people were using for their apps so ran a poll on … Continue reading Poll Results : What’s the most used version of .NET?
How to set time unit in BenchmarkDotNet results
Explicitly setting the time measurement unit which BenchmarkDotNet should display results in is easy… 👇🏻
Entity Framework DbContext pooling performance benchmark
Although creating DbContext objects is really inexpensive, in really high performance scenarios it may be beneficial to switch to using … Continue reading Entity Framework DbContext pooling performance benchmark
Change schema name in Entity Framework Core
When creating objects in the DB Entity Framework will use the default schema of the database (usually dbo) by default. … Continue reading Change schema name in Entity Framework Core
How to have multiple baselines in BenchmarkDotNet
Without doing anything else if we try to mark two or more benchmark methods as baselines BenchmarkDotNet will complain… .. … Continue reading How to have multiple baselines in BenchmarkDotNet
Group benchmarks by method when using Params in BenchmarkDotNet
Using the Params attribute in BenchmarkDotNet is really useful as it allows us to get benchmark results for each combination … Continue reading Group benchmarks by method when using Params in BenchmarkDotNet
How to have a GlobalSetup per benchmark in BenchmarkDotNet
If we are using BenchmarkDotNet and want to have a different setup method for each benchmark or groups of benchmarks … Continue reading How to have a GlobalSetup per benchmark in BenchmarkDotNet
How to configure inheritance mappings in Entity Framework 7
Table Per Concrete type is new in Entity Framework 7. Using TPC or existing inheritance mapping approaches supported in Entity … Continue reading How to configure inheritance mappings in Entity Framework 7
Entity Framework 7 TPH, TPT and TPC inheritance mapping performance benchmarks
Entity Framework 7 will support Table-per-Concrete (TPC) type inheritance mapping as introduced in this blog post on devblogs.microsoft.com. This is … Continue reading Entity Framework 7 TPH, TPT and TPC inheritance mapping performance benchmarks
How to view Cyclomatic Complexity in Visual Studio
Cyclomatic complexity is a measure of the distinct paths in a method. It can be useful for getting an idea … Continue reading How to view Cyclomatic Complexity in Visual Studio
Include only slow queries in a SQL Server Profiler trace
SQL Server Profiler is super useful for seeing what queries are going across the wire from your app to your … Continue reading Include only slow queries in a SQL Server Profiler trace
View transaction related events in a SQL Server Profiler trace
When we open SQL Server Profiler to start a new trace transaction related events are not visible by default in … Continue reading View transaction related events in a SQL Server Profiler trace
.NET 6 v .NET 7 reflection performance benchmarks
.NET 7 (Preview 5+) has some awesome performance improvements when it comes to reflection functionality like invoking methods BUT there … Continue reading .NET 6 v .NET 7 reflection performance benchmarks
Benchmark different batch sizes in Entity Framework using BenchmarkDotNet
The default batch size in Entity Framework is 42 but it’s good to try different variations of this to see … Continue reading Benchmark different batch sizes in Entity Framework using BenchmarkDotNet
Programmatically set Entity Framework batch size
The default batch size in Entity Framework is 42. This may be ideal in some cases but for others you … Continue reading Programmatically set Entity Framework batch size
How to use HILO with Entity Framework Core
In Entity Framework Identity DB server generated keys are most popular but as a latency optimization technique HILO keys can … Continue reading How to use HILO with Entity Framework Core
How to benchmark different versions of the same library with BenchmarkDotNet
If you want to benchmark the performance of two or more versions of the same library against each other you … Continue reading How to benchmark different versions of the same library with BenchmarkDotNet
Entity Framework 7 performance improvements due to less roundtrips
Entity Framework 7 Preview 6 has just been released (12th July 2022). Shay from the Entity Framework team has done … Continue reading Entity Framework 7 performance improvements due to less roundtrips
Entity Framework entity configuration with Fluent API
If you’re using the Code First approach in Entity Framework accepting the default mappings can result in an inefficient DB … Continue reading Entity Framework entity configuration with Fluent API
Showing TSQL preview in SQL Server Management Studio vertical scrollbar
When we are looking a stored procedures, views, functions etc. which have a lot of code in them it can … Continue reading Showing TSQL preview in SQL Server Management Studio vertical scrollbar
Drag object names from Object Explorer into query window in SQL Server Management Studio
To save you typing it’s possible to drag the names of objects such as Tables, Views etc. from the SQL … Continue reading Drag object names from Object Explorer into query window in SQL Server Management Studio