Archive for the BenchmarkDotNet category
Vaughan
June 9, 2020
When to consider using ValueTask over Task with async code
.NET Core, BenchmarkDotNet, Benchmarking, Measuring, Performance
As of .NET Core 2.0, you can use ValueTask and ValueTask as return types for your async methods. Its important to understand when and if you should use these instead of a Task and what the trade-offs are if you decide to use it. I would say that if you aren’t measuring the performance of […]
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Vaughan
June 3, 2020
Counting sheep with BenchmarkDotNet
When trying to improve the performance of your code, the first thing you need to do is measure. If you don’t measure then you won’t know if your changes are actually improving performance. In most cases, there is a trade-off between readability and performance. Often better performing code is more complex and harder to maintain. […]
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