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Common Developing mistakes.. How to avoid !!

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I've read a gr8 article in MSDN and I thought to share it... here r some quotes from it


- Load other forms in the background and populate controls with data before using the Show method.

- Use an off-screen bitmap. For an example, see How to: Draw Images Off-Screen.

- Override the OnKeyDown, OnKeyPress, and OnKeyUp methods on controls instead of adding key event handlers.

- Avoid using the ToString method of an enumeration because of the performance impact it incurs by searching metadata tables.

- Strings are immutable, so a new String object is created every time you modify the string. Consider using a StringBuilder when constructing a string that will be modified often.

- Use the ParseExact method for a DateTime if you know the exact format used for DateTime serialization. Otherwise, the DateTime parser will sequentially try to apply several culture-specific formats.

- Whenever possible, specify the size of your collection, because dynamic resizing can greatly increase excess storage.

- Use generic collections to avoid the boxing and unboxing overhead for value types. Defining your own optimized collection results in the best performance.

- Avoid virtual calls.

- Use fields instead of properties where possible.


And here is a link to the Article

Those points in bold attracted me...

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