Interesting Finds: 2010 01.19 ~ 01.31

.NET

• Iterator block implementation details: auto-generated state machines
• FAQ :: Are all of the new concurrent collections lock-free?
• Measuring the Performance of Asynchronous Controllers
• ResolveUrl in ASP.NET - The Perfect Solution
• VS2010: Investigating a sample profiling report (Function Details)
• Use .NET Built-in Methods to Save Time and Headaches
• Large or asynchronous file uploads in ASP.NET MVC
• .NET 4.0 and System.Threading.Tasks - .NET 4.0 and System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentBag

Web

• Optimizing CSS with Base64 Embedded Images (with Bonus Utility!)
• What is the right way to measure scale?
• Yahoo YUI Compressor vs. Microsoft AJAX Minifier vs. Google Closure Compiler
• FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 5.1 and IIS 6.0 – RTW
• Performance Monitor (Perfmon) counters for IIS - 1 - 2
• Using Ionics Isapi Rewrite for ASP.NET MVC in IIS 6

Debug

• Ironical Case of a Performance Monitoring Tool causing a Performance Issue!

Database

• SQL Query Optimization FAQ Part 1 (The SQL Plan)

Other

• Jeffrey Richter: Excerpt from CLR via C#, Third Edition
• Sprite Editor for .Net
• The WebForms Rant - About Technical Debates (and ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC debates in particular)