Embedded Programming with the Microsoft® .NET Micro Framework

Programming for Performance

Getting optimal performance from a .NET Micro Framework device does not make many additional demands of your programming. However, there are some aspects of your code to which you might wish to pay attention to get the maximum speed out of your programs.

Note

Some of the techniques we describe later in this chapter are contrary to what most would regard as good programmer behavior. They can make your code harder to understand and maintain. For this reason, use them with caution. You should also make sure that you can properly determine the effects of the changes, because not all of them will improve performance in every situation. To ensure the validity of your approach, write additional test code to measure the effect ...