var watch = Stopwatch.StartNew();

 int actionId = db.CF_AccessLevel.Where(a => a.Name.ToLower().Trim() == "Edit").Select(a => a.CF_AccessLevelId).Single();

 int moduleItemId = db.CF_ModuleItem.Where(m => m.Title.ToLower().Trim() == "license".ToLower().Trim()).Select(m => m.CF_ModuleItemId).Single();

 int groupRoleId = db.Users.Where(u => u.UserId == 1).Select(u => u.UserRoleId).Single();

watch.Stop();
 var elapsedMs = watch.ElapsedMilliseconds;

var watch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
 var something = Task<int>.Factory.StartNew(() => db.CF_AccessLevel.Where(a => a.Name.ToLower().Trim() == "Edit").Select(a => a.CF_AccessLevelId).Single());
something.Wait();
int actionId = something.Result;

var something1 = Task<int>.Factory.StartNew(() => db.CF_ModuleItem.Where(m => m.Title.ToLower().Trim() == "license".ToLower().Trim()).Select(m => m.CF_ModuleItemId).Single());
 something1.Wait();
 int moduleItemId = something1.Result;

var something2 = Task<int>.Factory.StartNew(() => db.Users.Where(u => u.UserId == 1).Select(u => u.UserRoleId).Single());
 something2.Wait();
 int groupRoleId = something2.Result;
 watch.Stop();
 var elapsedMs = watch.ElapsedMilliseconds;

Data architecture is an area in which the optimal degree of isolation for a SaaS application can vary significantly depending on technical and business considerations. Experienced data architects are used to considering a broad spectrum of choices when designing an architecture to meet a specific set of challenges, and SaaS is certainly no exception. We shall examine three broad approaches, each of which lies at a different location in the continuum between isolation and sharing 

This article provides an introduction to a lightweight API for ASP.NET web services provided by DotNetify.SignalR NuGet package that can reduce a lot of boilerplate code when implementing real-time updates, and provide an example of how to create a real-time web component with VueJS without using Node.JS build. 

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SET BUFFER POOL EXTENSION ON
 (FILENAME = 'd:\BufferPoolExt.BPE', SIZE = 1GB);

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 (FILENAME = 'd:\BufferPoolExt.BPE', SIZE = 10GB);

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public class User
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string UserName { get; set; }
    public string Password { get; set; }
    public DateTime LastLogin { get; set; }
}

public static void RunActionMeasurePerformance(Action action)
{
    GC.Collect();
    var initMemUsage = Process.GetCurrentProcess().WorkingSet64;
    var stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
    stopwatch.Start();
    action();
    stopwatch.Stop();
    var currentMemUsage = Process.GetCurrentProcess().WorkingSet64;
    var memUsage = currentMemUsage - initMemUsage;
    if (memUsage < 0) memUsage = 0;
    Console.WriteLine("Elapsed time: {0}, Memory Usage: {1:N2} KB", stopwatch.Elapsed, memUsage / 1024);
}

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    var length = 1000000;
    var users = new List<User>(length);
    for (var i = 0; i < length; i++)
    {
 
        var user = new User
        {
            Id = i,
            UserName = "User" + i,
            Password = "1" + i + "2" + i,
            LastLogin = DateTime.Now
        };
        users.Add(user);
    }
 
    Console.WriteLine("Custom mapping");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var userList =
            users.Select(
                o =>
                    new User
                    {
                        Id = o.Id,
                        UserName = o.UserName,
                        Password = o.Password,
                        LastLogin = o.LastLogin
                    }).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("EmitMapper mapping");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var map = EmitMapper.ObjectMapperManager.DefaultInstance.GetMapper<User, User>();
        var emitUsers = users.Select(o => map.Map(o)).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("ValueInjecter mapping");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var valueUsers = users.Select(o => (User)new User().InjectFrom(o)).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("AutoMapper mapping, DynamicMap using List");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var userMap = Mapper.DynamicMap<List<User>>(users).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("AutoMapper mapping, Map using List");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var userMap = Mapper.Map<List<User>>(users).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("AutoMapper mapping, Map using IEnumerable");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var userMap = Mapper.Map<IEnumerable<User>>(users).ToList();
    });
 
 
    Console.ReadKey();
}

 Custom mapping
Elapsed time: 00:00:00.4869463, Memory Usage: 58,848.00 KB

EmitMapper mapping
Elapsed time: 00:00:00.6068193, Memory Usage: 62,784.00 KB

ValueInjecter mapping
Elapsed time: 00:00:15.6935578, Memory Usage: 21,140.00 KB

AutoMapper mapping, DynamicMap using List
Elapsed time: 00:00:00.6028971, Memory Usage: 7,164.00 KB

AutoMapper mapping, Map using List
Elapsed time: 00:00:00.0106244, Memory Usage: 680.00 KB

AutoMapper mapping, Map using IEnumerable
Elapsed time: 00:00:01.5954456, Memory Usage: 40,248.00 KB

using System;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Data.Entity.Migrations;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;

namespace EFGeneral
{
    public class User
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }
    }

    public class MyContext : DbContext
    {
        public DbSet<User> Users { get; set; }
    }

    public class Configuration : DbMigrationsConfiguration<MyContext>
    {
        public Configuration()
        {
            AutomaticMigrationsEnabled = true;
            AutomaticMigrationDataLossAllowed = true;
        }

        protected override void Seed(MyContext context)
        {            
            for (int i = 0; i < 21000; i++)
            {
                context.Users.Add(new User { Name = "name " + i });
                if (i % 1000 == 0)
                    context.SaveChanges();
            }
            base.Seed(context);
        }
    }

    public class PerformanceHelper
    {
        public static string RunActionMeasurePerformance(Action action)
        {
            GC.Collect();
            long initMemUsage = Process.GetCurrentProcess().WorkingSet64;

            var stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
            stopwatch.Start();

            action();

            stopwatch.Stop();

            var currentMemUsage = Process.GetCurrentProcess().WorkingSet64;
            var memUsage = currentMemUsage - initMemUsage;
            if (memUsage < 0) memUsage = 0;

            return string.Format("Elapsed time: {0}, Memory Usage: {1:N2} KB", stopwatch.Elapsed, memUsage / 1024);
        }
    }

    public static class Test
    {
        public static void RunTests()
        {
            Database.SetInitializer(new MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion<MyContext, Configuration>());
            StartDb();            

            for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("\nRun {0}", i + 1);

                var memUsage = PerformanceHelper.RunActionMeasurePerformance(() => LoadWithTracking());
                Console.WriteLine("LoadWithTracking:\n{0}", memUsage);

                memUsage = PerformanceHelper.RunActionMeasurePerformance(() => LoadWithoutTracking());
                Console.WriteLine("LoadWithoutTracking:\n{0}", memUsage);
            }
        }

        private static void StartDb()
        {
            using (var ctx = new MyContext())
            {
                var user = ctx.Users.Find(1);
                if (user != null)
                {
                    // keep the object in memory
                }
            }
        }

        private static void LoadWithTracking()
        {
            using (var ctx = new MyContext())
            {
                var list = ctx.Users.ToList();
                if (list.Any())
                {
                    // keep the list in memory
                }
            }
        }

        private static void LoadWithoutTracking()
        {
            using (var ctx = new MyContext())
            {
                var list = ctx.Users.AsNoTracking().ToList();
                if (list.Any())
                {
                    // keep the list in memory
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

This page describes how to use the Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Metrics package to perform source code analysis of .NET assemblies from a console application. Visual Studio users can perform source code analysis by clicking the "Analyze" dropdown menu and selecting "Calculate Code Metrics", but I sought to automate this process so I can generate custom code analysis reports from console applications as part of my CI pipeline. 

an exciting release incorporated with plenty of library updates, a new WASM mode, more source generators, constant performance improvements, and NativeAOT support on iOS. We hope you enjoy these new features and improvements. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue our journey of making .NET better, together! 

Today, we’re releasing .NET 5.0 Preview 6. It contains a small set of new features and performance improvements. The .NET 5.0 Preview 4 post covers what we are planning to deliver with .NET 5.0. Most of the features are now in the product, but some are not yet in their final state. We expect that the release will be feature-complete with Preview 8.