Advanced Software Performance Engineering (Paperback)

Paperback. Software performance depends on how efficiently applications use computing resources, manage memory, execute concurrent workloads, communicate across distributed environments, and respond to changing demands. Performance engineering provides a systematic approach to identifying bottlenecks, understanding system behavior, and improving application efficiency.ADVANCED SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING explores the engineering principles behind optimization, memory management, concurrency, profiling, distributed computing, and high-performance application design.The book examines how software performance can be measured and analyzed across application components, runtime environments, and distributed systems. It considers the relationship between algorithms, resource usage, execution behavior, concurrency, and overall system performance.Key topics include: - Fundamentals of software performance engineering- Performance analysis and optimization- Memory management and resource utilization- CPU and memory performance considerations- Profiling and performance measurement- Bottleneck identification and analysis- Concurrent and parallel application design- Thread coordination and synchronization- Distributed computing and system performance- Communication and data processing overhead- Runtime behavior and execution efficiency- High-performance application architecture- Performance testing and benchmarking- Continuous performance improvementThe book approaches performance as an engineering concern that should be considered throughout software development rather than addressed only after an application becomes slow. Readers will explore how measurement and profiling can reveal performance constraints and provide evidence for optimization decisions.Memory management, concurrency, and distributed computing are examined as interconnected areas because inefficient resource use, synchronization, communication, and workload distribution can significantly influence application behavior. The book also considers how architectural decisions affect performance as software systems grow in complexity.For software engineers, developers, programmers, system architects, computer science students, performance specialists, and technical professionals, ADVANCED SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING provides a structured foundation for analyzing, optimizing, and designing high-performance software applications. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…