Real World Web Service Performance

🌟 Course Title: Real World Web Service Performance

Course Headline:

🚀 Improve the performance of your new and legacy web services using any programming language or framework! 🚀

Course Description:

Turbocharge your production web services! Are your web services struggling under performance issues? It's a common challenge for developers. Every web programmer has encountered the nightmare where web services or applications that ran smoothly in test and QA environments falter when faced with real-world production loads. Performance isn't just about user experience; it has a significant impact on cost. Optimizing your services to handle more load with less hardware can lead to substantial savings for your project. Imagine having a set of proven techniques at your fingertips during the design and development phases, long before you deploy to production. Whether you're dealing with a new system or inherited legacy code, this course equips you with the knowledge to pinpoint performance bottlenecks and apply effective solutions quickly. We're diving deep into The Golden Rules of Performance, my framework for diagnosing and solving performance issues in web services. These rules are simple yet powerful, designed to be remembered and applied across different stages of your service's lifecycle—from design to production support. What You'll Get:

• A comprehensive understanding of web service performance.
• A Golden Rules Cheat Sheet for quick reference during and after the course.
• Insights into caching, queues, messaging, and horizontal scaling.
• Practical examples showing how simple changes can lead to significant performance improvements.

The Experience:

The Golden Rules of Performance The course is meticulously structured into two key parts: Abstract Learning: In this section, you'll engage with my spoken lectures, enriched with "Reality Bites" segments that ground the theoretical aspects in real-world scenarios. These sessions are all about understanding without coding. Concrete Application: Here, we bring theory to life by applying the Golden Rules to a sample web service. Watch as we enhance its performance by an impressive 2.5 times through strategic program changes. You'll even see logging performance improved by over 100x! (Note: This course is not about writing code; it's about architectural and design thinking.)

Course Structure:

• Lectures: Spoken insights on the Golden Rules of Performance, with real-world examples.
• Discussions: Engage in open discussions around assignments to deepen your understanding.
• Performance Improvement: Follow along as we improve a web service's performance in tangible ways.

Tech Stack:

🚀 Language & Framework Agnostic! 🚀 This course isn't tied to any specific tech stack. I'll use C# and the Web API framework for .NET Framework, Microsoft Azure features, and Microsoft SQL Server for examples—but these are simply illustrative. The focus is on high-level principles that apply to any language or framework you might be using.

Target Audience:

This course is tailored for experienced developers who are ready to tackle real-world performance issues in their web services, regardless of whether they're new developments or legacy systems. You'll find the content practical and directly applicable to your work, assuming you already have programming skills and experience building commercial systems.

Language & Support:

🎓 Designed for Developers by a Developer: My "Real World" courses are crafted with the working developer in mind, filling gaps left by other overviews with actionable insights for solving real problems you face day-to-day. Accessibility: I've taken care to make the videos easy to follow even if English isn't your first language, with clear captions provided in all video content. If you're more comfortable with faster playback, you can adjust the speed accordingly.

Join me on this journey to elevate your web service performance and optimize your systems for success! 🚀✨