C♯ 2008 and 2005 threaded programming beginner's guide : exploit the power of multiple processors for faster, more responsive software /: exploit the power of multiple processors for faster, more responsive software. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gastón C. Hillar ; reviewers, Bogdan Brinzarea-Iamandi, Jerry L. Spohn, Ron Steckly.
• Other Names: Hillar, Gastón C; Brinzarea, Bogdan; Spohn, Jerry L; Steckly, Ron
• Contents: C♯ 2008 and 2005 Threaded Programming; C♯ 2008 and 2005 Threaded Programming; Credits; About the Author; Acknowledgement; About the Reviewers; Preface; What this book covers; What you need for this book; Who is this book for; Conventions; Time for action -- Uploading a document; What just happened?; Pop quiz; Have a go hero; Reader feedback; Customer support; Downloading the example code for the book; Errata; Piracy; Questions; 1. Taking Advantage of Multiprocessing and Multiple Cores; Mono-processor systems: The old gladiators; Single core: Only one warrior to fight against everybody. Doing a tiny bit of each taskThe performance waterfall; Have a go hero -- Researching micro-architectures and applications; Multi-processor systems: Many warriors to win a battle; Have a go hero -- Multi-processing systems; Estimating performance improvements; Have a go hero -- Calculating an estimated performance improvement; Avoiding bottlenecks; Have a go hero -- Detecting bottlenecks; Taking advantage of multiple execution cores; Have a go hero -- Counting cores; Scalability; Have a go hero -- Detecting scalability problems; Load balancing: Keeping everybody happy. Have a go hero -- Thinking about load balancingOperating systems and virtual machines; Parallelism is here to stay; Have a go hero -- Preparing minds for parallelism; Summary; 2. Processes and Threads; Processes-any running program; Time for action -- Coding a simple CPU-intensive loop; What just happened?; Time for action -- Changing the cores available for a process; What just happened?; Relating processes to cores; Time for action -- Changing a process priority; What just happened?; Linear code problems in multiprocessing systems; Time for action -- Running many processes in parallel. What just happened?Time for action -- Testing parallelism capabilities with processes; What just happened?; Time for action -- Using the Process Explorer; Threads-Independent parts of a process; Time for action -- Listing threads with Process Explorer; Have a go hero -- Searching multithreaded applications; Time for action -- Analyzing context switches with Process Explorer; What just happened?; Multiple threads in servers; Multiple threads in clients; Have a go hero -- Redesigning algorithms using pseudo-code; Summary; 3. BackgroundWorker-Putting Threads to Work; RTC: Rapid thread creation. Time for action -- Breaking a code in a single threadWhat just happened?; Time for action -- Defining the work to be done in a new thread; What just happened?; Have a go hero -- Adding UI elements and monitoring the application; Asynchronous execution; Time for action -- Understanding asynchronous execution step-by-step; What just happened?; Synchronous execution; Showing the progress; Time for action -- Using a BackgroundWorker to report progress in the UI; What just happened?; Have a go hero -- Reporting progress in many ways; Cancelling the job. Time for action -- Using a BackgroundWorker to cancel the job.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham, U.K : Packt Pub
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 395 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 005.13/3; C# (Computer program language); C♯ (Computer program language); C♯ 2008; Object-oriented programming languages; COMPUTERS -- Programming Languages -- C♯; COMPUTERS -- Programming Languages -- Java; COMPUTERS -- Programming Languages -- Pascal; C♯ (Computer program language); C♯ (Computer program language); C sharp; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847197115; 1847197116; 9781621988908; 1621988902
• Related ISBNs: 1847197108; 9781847197108
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.