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Understanding garbage collection is important when tuning the performance of your .NET Compact Framework-based applications. Check out Steven Pratschner's post on the subject: An Overview of the .Net Compact Framework Garbage Collector "Developers frequently Read More...

Here are some links to supporting articles and information for this Tech.Ed session: http://blogs.msdn.com/onoj/articles/204433.aspx Read More...

Lance's blog entry Best Practice: Set Minimum Capacity holds true for the .NET Compact Framework too. This advice is also Scott Holden's (Scott is the .NET Compact Framework team Development Lead) number one tip for improving performance. When working Read More...

While on the subject of performance... Have you ever wondered why the first call to a method on a Web service takes more time than subsequent calls? The first time a method on a Web service is called causes the soap client to reflect over the Web service Read More...

I was reading CJCraft's Blog today (check CJ's cool new “ Creating a desktop remote control “ article on Code Project) and stumbled across an entry that points to an interesting performance presentation by Jim Wilson , get it here: http://www.jwhedgehog.com/downloads/NETCFMaxPerf.zip Read More...