CHAPTER 18
Performance and Profiling
Performance analysis and tuning are often done after release—but we really do not have to wait until then. Instead we should integrate the profiling into our daily routines to make sure we always keep an eye on the performance of our applications.
In software engineering, profiling is a form of dynamic application analysis that measures, for example, the memory usage, the usage of particular instructions, or frequency and duration of function calls. The most common use of profiling information is to help developers optimize their applications.
Profiling is achieved by instrumenting either the application source ...
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