Parallel Programming with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Step by Step - Softcover

Marshall, Donis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0735640602 ISBN 13: 9780735640603

Publisher: Microsoft Press US, 2011

Synopsis

Your hands-on, step-by-step guide to the fundamentals of parallel programming

Teach yourself how to help improve application performance by using parallel programming techniques in Visual Studio 2010—one step at a time. Ideal for experienced programmers with little or no parallel programming experience, this tutorial provides practical, learn-by-doing exercises for creating applications that optimize the use of multicore processors.

Discover how to:

• Apply techniques to help increase your application's speed and efficiency
• Simplify the process of adding parallelism with the Task Parallel Library (TPL)
• Execute several tasks concurrently with various scheduling techniques
• Perform data queries in parallel with PLINQ
• Use concurrent collections in Microsoft .NET Framework 4 for data items
• Extend classes in the TPL to meet the specific requirements of your application
• Perform live debugging of an application with parallel code

About this title

About the Author

Donis Marshall has over 20 years of experience in designing and building enterprise software utilizing Microsoft technologies for leading companies across industry segments. He is an endorsed trainer for Microsoft Global Learning Services, and has been training Microsoft developers and engineers for many years. Donis is the author of the Programming Microsoft Visual C# 2005, Programming Microsoft Visual C# 2008, and Solid Code, published by Microsoft Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: Microsoft Press US
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0735640602
• ISBN 13: 9780735640603
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256