Summary

Performance optimization principles are generally the same across platforms. .NET performance advice on the desktop also applies in the device world. This chapter highlights some of the generic performance-optimizing advice and focuses on summarizing the techniques you can apply to resource-constrained devices. Understanding the compact CLR is paramount for writing efficient code. This chapter describes how to use the performance counters and Remote Performance Monitor. Also, the code samples in this chapter can help you measure memory consumption or the speed of an operation programmatically.

Good performance should be a requirement in your projects, one with the same importance as functional requirements. This chapter gives you the tools ...

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