Ultimate C# for High-Performance Applications

Master parallelism and async to create enterprise-grade high-performance apps.Key Features● Unlock advanced multithreading async and parallelism in C#.● Master tools to debug profile and crush performance issues.● Build real-world production-ready apps that scale effortlessly.Book DescriptionHigh-performance software is no longer optional—today’s applications must be fast scalable and responsive to meet real-world demands. C# and .NET provides the foundation but knowing how to unlock their full potential is what separates the average code from enterprise-grade solutions.Ultimate C# for High-Performance Applications guides you step by step from core concepts to advanced techniques building both confidence and mastery along the way. Through this book you will dive into multithreading asynchronous programming and concurrent collections; accelerate workloads with parallel loops and PLINQ; and learn to fine-tune task scheduling optimize thread pool usage and apply proven patterns for reliable and scalable software. Through hands-on exercises profiling strategies and a complete real-world case study you will gain the skills to design build and refine applications that remain fast stable and efficient—even under heavy demand!Thus by the end of the book you would have transformed your development approach—moving from functional code to engineering high-performance solutions that scale with ease. So if you are ready to push your C# skills further and deliver software that does not just work but excels this book is your roadmap.What you will learn● Master advanced multithreading techniques to supercharge application performance and unlock true parallel execution across processors.● Harness asynchronous programming with async/await to build responsive scalable and user-friendly .NET applications.● Use concurrent collections and synchronization primitives to manage shared data safely and eliminate race conditions.● Profile debug and optimize performance bottlenecks with proven tools and strategies to deliver consistently fast applications.● Apply real-world patterns for building reliable and scalable software that meets production demands under heavy workloads.● Transform ordinary C# code into high-performance solutions ready for enterprise-scale mission-critical environments.● Build and deploy a complete high-performance chat application.Table of Contents1. Introduction to High-Performance Computing in .NET2. Understanding Parallelism in C#3. Creating and Running Tasks in C#4. Data Sharing and Synchronization5. Threading and Synchronization Primitives6. Understanding Concurrent Collections7. Parallel Loops in .NET8. Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) for Parallelism9. Advanced Task Management10. Asynchronous Programming with Async/Await11. Threading and the Thread Pool12. Debugging Parallel Applications Using Visual Studio13. Practical Performance Challenges and Solutions14. Building a Chat Application15. ConclusionIndexAbout the AuthorsJeff McNamara has been passionate about technology for as long as he can remember. What began as a childhood curiosity—experimenting with early programming languages and tinkering with computers—grew into a lifelong pursuit of creating high-performance software. By the time he was in college Jeff had already turned that passion into a business building technological solutions for clients and gaining firsthand experience in entrepreneurship and software Development.