June 2008 - Posts

Improve ASP.NET Performance With Multithreading Using Thread Or ThreadPool Objects

Your ASP.NET application performs slower than expected? How many times do you access your database for each request? Did you use SQL Profiler to find out? Did you know that chatty database access is one of the most common performance sins (this is my Read More...

Posted 23 June 08 01:27 by alikl | 8 Comments   
Filed under Development Phase, Performance, Threading

Pitfalls With .Net Multithreading And COM Objects – Threads Must Have Compatible Apartment Models (MTA vs. STA)

Be alert when implementing multithreading .Net in conjunction with COM objects. Thread apartment models matter. .Net threads have Multi Threaded Apartment (MTA) model by default. COM objects have Single Thread Apartment (STA). Calling on COM objects on Read More...

Posted 20 June 08 10:09 by alikl | 1 Comments   
Filed under Development Phase, Implementation, Performance, Planning Phase, Threading

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Posted 10 June 08 06:28 by alikl | 2 Comments   

patterns & practices Improving Web Services Security: Scenarios and Implementation Guidance for WCF - BETA Is Out

patterns & practices team has just released a beta version of WCF Security Guide on Codeplex. Download the guide at http://www.codeplex.com/WCFSecurityGuide . Original announcement by J.D. Meier, the man behind the effort, is here - New Release: patterns Read More...

Posted 05 June 08 04:57 by alikl | 0 Comments   
Filed under WCF, Security, Practices

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Posted 03 June 08 06:40 by alikl | 0 Comments   

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