String and StringBuilder Performance (part 2)
The lesson introduces StringBuilder as the correct tool for building strings in loops, showing how it uses internal pointer-based writes instead of memory copies. Covers best practices, including passing typed values directly to Append to avoid intermediate string allocations, and when to prefer strings over StringBuilder for small iteration counts.
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A Crash Course In Intermediate Language
This Module
Basic Performance Optimizations
Optimizing Boxing And Unboxing
Collection And Data Classes To Avoid
Demo: Benchmarking Boxing And Unboxing
String and StringBuilder Performance (part 1)
String and StringBuilder Performance (part 2)
Demo: Benchmarking String versus StringBuilder
List and Array Performance
Pre-sizing Lists
Demo: Benchmarking Lists and Arrays
Demo: Lists and Arrays in Intermediate Language
Lists and Arrays Performance Recap
Exception Performance
Parse versus TryParse