Free Entity Framework Profiler to View SQL Query Performance

Carlos Schults Developer Tips, Tricks & Resources

Picture this: you’re standing in the largest meeting room in your company. Behind you, a huge LED monitor. In front of you, all members of the C-suite. The CTO, your direct boss, is visibly nervous. The CEO looks interested and somewhat excited. The CFO looks happier than usual, though it probably has more to do with his very successful golf round …

PHP Profiling: How to Find Slow Code

Kim Sia Developer Tips, Tricks & Resources

 I use performance monitoring tools primarily to find slow and buggy code. At the start of development, I typically use the tools more for finding software bugs. Once the codebase is at a relatively stable phase, then I shift my focus toward finding less performant code. Which is why I turn to tools like Retrace to help with profiling for …

Entity Framework Core Tutorial

Simon Timms Developer Tips, Tricks & Resources

Who doesn’t love a little bit of data access? Most line-of-business applications are built over some sort of data storage, and nine times out of ten it is a relational database. SQL has a long and distinguished pedigree dating back to some time in the 1980s. Unfortunately, relational data doesn’t match the way we use it in object-oriented languages. To …

3 PHP Profiler Types and Why You Need All of Them

Ben Putano Developer Tips, Tricks & Resources

Over the span of two decades, a lot of information was made available online to unearth the full potential of PHP. It is one of the most popular programming languages in the world, and some say it’s one of the easiest to learn. Still, even the best languages need some help. Help can be found in the many PHP tools …

The 3 Types of Node.js Profilers You Should Know About

Ben Putano Developer Tips, Tricks & Resources

Node.js is similar to many other coding languages in the sense that it needs to be used in conjunction with the right Node.js profilers and other tools to debug your program, overcome any bottlenecks, and optimize its functionality. With the right Node.js profiling, you can achieve this goal without a hitch, although none of them are perfect. In coding, a …

Stackify's Latest Release: Prefix v3.0 is Here

Prefix New Release: Prefix v3.0 is Here!

Alexandra Altvater Stackify Product & Company Updates

After months of hard work, we’re thrilled to release the latest version of Prefix, Prefix v3.0. In this new version, we fixed a number of bugs and added a few major enhancements including: A major .NET profiler update Better remote tracing New feature: the ability to disable suggestions Improved Remote Tracing with Prefix v3.0 One of Prefix’s key features has …

Best VS Code Extensions

Top Visual Studio Code Extensions: 50 Powerful Tools

Alexandra Altvater Developer Tips, Tricks & Resources

Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code provides developers with a robust marketplace packed with useful tools and extensions that make VS Code even more functional and customizable to meet every developer’s needs. New extensions are added regularly, and you can find tools, libraries of snippets, and just about anything else you could want to streamline the development process. In fact, Stackify Prefix …