The following chart shows the typical range of cold starts in Azure Functions, broken down per language. The darker ranges are the most common 67% of durations, and lighter ranges include 95%.
The following chart shows the typical range of cold starts in AWS Lambda, broken down per language. The darker ranges are the most common 67% of durations, and lighter ranges include 95%.
We use constructor dependency injection throughout our application. Most service classes have constructors, which accept all dependencies in form of interfaces. We also use TDD, which means we must write unit tests for every aspect of our code. So I want to discuss one specific aspect: guarding the constructor parameters from null values and testing this guard.
During my investigation of our ASP.NET application performance issue, I've found out that XmlSerializer may require a long warm-up. The first time, when it's used for a specific class (de-)serialization, can take up to 500 ms om my machine!
We were investigating the options for visual representation of hierarchical dashboard in our Silverlight application. This means, we want to display the number of gauges with tree-like structure. Here is a sample...
Recently, I've spent a couple of days seeking and fixing memory leaks in our Silverlight application. It might be tough sometimes, but it's a good 'brain-teasing' practice and it's a good way to learn how inner things work.
Recently, I was trying to find a Silverlight control, which works like a standard Border, but looks like a Speech Bubble instead. This means the border would have a "leader" triangle, which could point to a related visual element.
