C# High Performance Code
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Introduction

Course introduction
Introduction to code optimization
Windows, OS/X or Linux?
Fundamentals of the .NET Framework

Section introduction
Quiz 1: The Stack
The Stack
Quiz 2: The Heap
The Heap
Value types
Value types
Reference types
Reference types
Boxing and unboxing
Boxing and unboxing
Immutable strings
Immutable strings
Section recap
A crash course in Intermediate Language

Section introduction
Common Intermediate Language
Section recap
Common Intermediate Language
Basic optimizations: the low-hanging fruit

Section introduction
How to prevent boxing and unboxing
Fast string concatenation
Fast collections
Fast arrays
Throwing and catching exceptions
For versus Foreach
Section Recap
Basic optimizations
Intermediate optimizations

Section introduction
Fast Garbage Collection - part 1
Fast Garbage Collection - part 2
Fast delegates
Fast class factories
Section recap
Intermediate optimizations
Advanced optimizations

Section introduction
Arrays on the stack
Pointers - part 1
Pointers - part 2
Background Info - Modifying String Constants
Section recap
Advanced optimizations
Final words

Course recap

Reference types

A popular question that often comes up in job interviews is: "what is the difference between a value type and a reference type?"

This lecture looks at reference types in detail. What are reference types, how do they store their data, and what happens when reference types are assigned or compared? After completing this lecture you will be able to answer all of these questions with ease.