⚡ Advanced Level

Build High-Performance Applications with AI

Master the art of building blazing-fast, scalable applications using AI-powered optimization techniques, advanced async patterns, distributed caching, cloud-native architecture, and AI-assisted code analysis.

50Hours
8Modules
10xFaster Apps
Certificate
Performance Goals of This Course
🚀 Response Time

Reduce API response time from seconds to milliseconds with smart caching and async patterns

📈 Throughput

Handle 100,000+ requests per second with distributed architecture and load balancing

💰 Cost

Cut AI API costs by 70%+ using prompt caching, model selection, and intelligent batching

🛡 Reliability

Build 99.9% uptime systems with resilience patterns, circuit breakers, and graceful degradation

Technologies & Tools

⚡ .NET 8/9 🔄 async/await + PLINQ 📦 Redis Cache 🐳 Docker + K8s ☁ Azure + AWS 📊 BenchmarkDotNet 🔍 dotTrace / VS Profiler ⚡ FastEndpoints 🤖 GitHub Copilot 🛠 k6 / Artillery 🔷 Polly (Resilience) 📈 Grafana + Prometheus

📋 Detailed Course Syllabus

Module 1: Performance Fundamentals & Profiling 5 Hours
  • Performance mindset —measuring before optimizing, Amdahl's Law
  • Profiling .NET apps with Visual Studio Performance Profiler and dotTrace
  • Memory profiling: dotMemory, finding memory leaks, large object heap issues
  • Benchmarking with BenchmarkDotNet —comparing algorithms scientifically
  • Understanding CPU-bound vs. I/O-bound operations and their implications
  • Performance counters, ETW events, and .NET diagnostics tools (dotnet-trace, dotnet-counters)
  • Identifying bottlenecks: N+1 queries, blocking I/O, chatty APIs, GC pressure
Module 2: Advanced Async Programming & Concurrency 7 Hours
  • Deep dive into async/await —ValueTask, ConfigureAwait, async state machines
  • Thread pool optimization —avoiding thread pool starvation
  • Parallel programming: Parallel.For, PLINQ, Parallel.ForEachAsync
  • Channels in .NET —producer-consumer patterns for high-throughput pipelines
  • IAsyncEnumerable —streaming data processing without memory pressure
  • SemaphoreSlim, CancellationToken, and cooperative cancellation patterns
  • Concurrent collections: ConcurrentDictionary, ConcurrentQueue, BlockingCollection
  • Deadlock detection and prevention strategies
Module 3: Caching Strategies for Extreme Performance 6 Hours
  • Caching fundamentals: cache-aside, write-through, write-behind, read-through
  • In-memory caching: IMemoryCache, MemoryCacheEntryOptions, eviction policies
  • Distributed caching with Redis: StackExchange.Redis, IDistributedCache
  • Cache-stampede prevention with SemaphoreSlim and GetOrCreateAsync patterns
  • Output caching in ASP.NET Core 7+ —response caching at the middleware level
  • AI response caching: semantic caching (cache by embedding similarity, not exact match)
  • CDN integration for static assets and API response caching
  • Cache invalidation strategies —event-driven invalidation with Redis Pub/Sub
Module 4: High-Performance API Design 6 Hours
  • Minimal APIs in .NET 8 —fastest API surface with zero overhead
  • Response compression: Brotli, Gzip for reducing payload sizes
  • Efficient JSON serialization: System.Text.Json source generation
  • gRPC in .NET —binary protocol for ultra-low latency inter-service calls
  • API pagination, cursor-based paging, keyset pagination for large datasets
  • Database query optimization: compiled queries, no-tracking queries, projections
  • Connection pooling and Dapper for high-throughput database access
  • Rate limiting in ASP.NET Core 7+ —protecting APIs with RateLimiterMiddleware
Module 5: AI-Powered Performance Optimization 7 Hours
  • Using GitHub Copilot for performance-aware code generation
  • AI code review: using LLMs to detect N+1 queries, inefficient algorithms, memory leaks
  • AI for intelligent caching: predict which data to cache using ML models
  • Semantic caching for LLM responses —reduce AI API costs by 60%+
  • AI-powered load testing: generating realistic test scenarios with LLMs
  • Anomaly detection with ML.NET for real-time performance monitoring
  • AI-assisted database query optimization: let AI suggest indexes and query rewrites
  • Using AI to analyze and interpret performance profiling reports
Module 6: Cloud-Native Performance Patterns 7 Hours
  • Horizontal vs. vertical scaling —when and how to scale
  • Microservices performance: service mesh, gRPC, MessageBus (Azure Service Bus, RabbitMQ)
  • Event-driven architecture with Azure Event Hubs / Kafka for high-throughput messaging
  • CQRS + Event Sourcing —separating read/write paths for extreme scale
  • Kubernetes scaling: HPA (Horizontal Pod Autoscaler), resource limits, affinity rules
  • Azure CDN, Azure Front Door —global content delivery and load balancing
  • Serverless with Azure Functions —auto-scaling for bursty workloads
  • Cost optimization: reserved instances, spot instances, consumption-based pricing
Module 7: Resilience, Reliability & Load Testing 6 Hours
  • Resilience patterns with Polly v8: retry, circuit breaker, timeout, bulkhead, fallback
  • Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience —resilient HttpClient pipelines
  • Health checks in ASP.NET Core —readiness, liveness, startup probes
  • Load testing with k6 and Artillery —simulating 10,000+ concurrent users
  • Chaos engineering fundamentals —Netflix Chaos Monkey for .NET
  • Observability: structured logging (Serilog), distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry), metrics (Prometheus + Grafana)
  • Azure Application Insights —end-to-end transaction monitoring and performance analytics
Module 8: Capstone Project —Ultra-High-Performance AI Application 6 Hours
  • Design a production-grade AI-powered e-commerce API
  • Implement semantic search with vector DB, semantic caching, and streaming responses
  • Add distributed caching with Redis for product catalog and user sessions
  • Deploy to Kubernetes with auto-scaling based on custom metrics
  • Set up full observability: OpenTelemetry + Grafana + Prometheus dashboard
  • Load test to 50,000 requests/minute with k6, analyze results, optimize bottlenecks
  • Demonstrate 10x performance improvement before vs. after applying course techniques

Who Should Attend?

.NET/C# developers wanting to build faster, scalable applications

Backend engineers dealing with performance bottlenecks in production

Technical leads responsible for system architecture and performance

AI developers wanting to optimize LLM-powered application performance

DevOps engineers working on cloud infrastructure optimization

Senior developers preparing for architect-level roles

⚡ Build Applications That Are 10x Faster

Performance skills differentiate senior developers. Book your free demo and take your career to the next level.

Book FREE Demo Class WhatsApp Us

Start Your IT Career Today - Book a FREE Demo Class!

Azure, .NET, Java, Python, SQL Server - Online & Classroom Training with Placement Support

Enquire Now WhatsApp Us
;