April 2008 - Posts

Performance Sin - Chatty Database Access And Loops (Plus Another Free Performance Tool)

Chatty database access is the surefire way for slow performance caused by  resources starvation that might  even lead to denial of service. Following is a real world case. Customer Service Unavailable message is consistently observed when there Read More...

Posted 28 April 08 01:31 by alikl | 7 Comments   
Filed under Test Phase, Deployment Phase, Performance

Free Performance Tool - Analyze IIS Logs Like A Pro With Funnel Web Analyzer

These free performance tools will save you time and money identifying performance bottlenecks. Your customers will thank you for building fast and responsive applications. Funnel Web Analyzer 5.0 for Windows Download the tool here. Analyzer gives insight Read More...

Posted 21 April 08 11:16 by alikl | 10 Comments   
Filed under Test Phase, Tools, Development Phase, Performance

WCF Security Resources

This is a digest of WCF Security resources I was collecting for some time. Drop me a comment in case it is useful. Guidelines patterns & practices WCF 3.5 Security Guidelines Now Available How Tos (WCF Security) WCF Security Learning Guide declarative Read More...

Posted 18 April 08 12:21 by alikl | 7 Comments   

patterns & practices WCF Security Guidance Project - live on Codeplex

patterns & practices has recently released WCF Security Guidance Project . JD , the program manager behind the effort, has been blogging about it too.It is evolving project but the initial content is fantastic already. It has Application Scenarios Read More...

Posted 02 April 08 08:53 by alikl | 0 Comments   
Filed under WCF, Security, Development Phase, Implementation, Practices

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