- Copyright
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction
- I. Toolset Design Fundamentals
- 1. What is a Tool? What is a Toolset?
- 2. Why Use C#? Why Use .NET?
- 3. Examples of Commercial Toolsets
- 4. Everything Starts with a Plan
- 5. Development Phases of a Tool
- 6. Measurement Metrics for Tool Quality
- 7. Fundamentals of User Interface Design
- 8. Distributed Componential Architecture Design
- 9. Solutions to Bridge Domain Gaps
- 10. Unit Testing with Nunit
- 11. Code Documentation with NDoc and XML
- 12. Microsoft Coding Conventions
- 13. Enforcing Coding Policies with FxCop
- 14. Best Practices for Robust Exception Handling
- II. Techniques for Arbitrary Tools
- 15. Compressing Data to Reduce Memory Footprint
- 16. Protecting Sensitive Data with Encryption
- 17. Generic Batch File Processing Framework
- 18. Ensuring a Single Instance of an Application
- 19. Implementing a Checksum to Protect Data Integrity
- 20. Using the Property Grid Control with Late Binding
- 21. Adding Printing Support for Arbitrary Data
- 22. Flexible Command Line Tokenizer
- 23. Layering Windows Forms on Console Applications
- 24. Overview of Database Access with ADO.NET
- III. Techniques for Graphical Tools
- 25. Using Direct3D Swap Chains with MDI Applications
- 26. Constructing an Aesthetic Texture Browser Control
- Swappable Loader Interface
- Windows GDI+ Loader
- Managed Direct3D Loader
- Storing Texture Information
- Building the Thumbnail Control
- Handling Custom User Events
- Building the Viewer Control
- Using the Control
- Loading Textures from a Directory
- Loading Textures from a MemoryStream
- Loading Textures from a Bitmap
- Texture Browser Demo
- Conclusion
- 27. Converting from Screen Space to World Space
- 28. Asynchronous Input Device Polling
- IV. Techniques for Network Tools
- V. Techniques for Legacy Interoperability
- VI. Techniques to Improve Performance
- 34. Playing Nice with the Garbage Collector
- 35. Using Unsafe Code and Pointers
- Rudiments of Pointer Notation
- Using an Unsafe Context
- Pinning Memory with the Fixed Statement
- Disabling Arithmetic Overflow Checking
- Allocating High Performance Memory
- Getting Size of Data Types
- Example: Array Iteration and Value Assignment
- Example: Data Block Copying
- Example: Win32 API Access
- Conclusion
- 36. Investigating Managed Code Performance
- Investigating Performance
- Avoid Manual Optimization
- String Comparison
- String Formatting
- String Reversal
- Compiling Regular Expressions
- Use the Most Specific Type
- Avoid Boxing and Unboxing
- Use Value Types Sensibly
- The Myth About Foreach Loops
- Use Asynchronous Calls
- Efficient IO Buffer Sizes
- Minimize the Working Set
- Perform Chunky Calls
- Minimize Exception Throwing
- Thoughts About NGen
- Conclusion
- 37. Responsive UI During Intensive Processing
- VII. Techniques to Enhance Usability
- VIII. Techniques to Increase Productivity
- IX. Techniques for Deployment and Support
- X. Bonus Web Site Chapters
- 1. Distributed Computing Using .NET Remoting
- 2. Building a Managed Wrapper with C++/CLI
Graham Wihlidal is a consultant at CGI Group, specializing in Microsoft technologies at an enterprise level. Prior to his current employment, he was the lead developer of a distributed workflow automation framework using C#.NET, SQL Server, and Windows SharePoint Services. He has several years of experience as a freelance developer and consultant, designing and implementing business software solutions with C#, C++, and Java for a variety of sectors. Aside from normal development work, he also has experience as a configuration manager for Rational ClearCase at an enterprise level. Graham graduated Computer Systems Technology at the head of his class while attending the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, and he is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer and an Early Adopter for .NET 2.0.
Aside from his professional life, Graham has been an active member in the game development community for the past seven years, with an undying passion to both play and develop computer games. In his spare time, he is constructing a high-performance 3D engine and accompanying toolset.
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