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What optimisations do you consider when you code?

Survey period: 1 Jul 2013 to 8 Jul 2013

In general, when writing code, which of the following optimisations do you always think about when writing code? (even if you reject them as unnecessary for a certain situation)

OptionVotes% 
Memory use52764.11
Speed of execution69684.67
Final binary size8610.46
Resource use (eg graphics objects, handles etc)28734.91
Network traffic31738.56
Power465.60
None404.87
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

View optional text answers (34 answers)


 
Generaladd Options Pin
w-peuker30-Jun-13 23:58
w-peuker30-Jun-13 23:58 
GeneralFinal Binary Size Pin
Rajesh Anuhya30-Jun-13 23:47
professionalRajesh Anuhya30-Jun-13 23:47 
GeneralI wait Pin
Rob Grainger30-Jun-13 22:57
Rob Grainger30-Jun-13 22:57 
GeneralRe: I wait Pin
kct30-Jun-13 23:10
kct30-Jun-13 23:10 
GeneralRe: I wait Pin
w-peuker1-Jul-13 0:01
w-peuker1-Jul-13 0:01 
GeneralRe: I wait Pin
Patje1-Jul-13 0:02
Patje1-Jul-13 0:02 
GeneralI usualy don't care much about memory usage... Pin
AlexCode30-Jun-13 21:35
professionalAlexCode30-Jun-13 21:35 
GeneralMissing Option PinPopular
CDP180230-Jun-13 18:57
CDP180230-Jun-13 18:57 
Most people optimize their 'apps' for processor temperature. Or was that meant with the 'power' option? Anyway, we 'nowadays' have plenty of verything and therefore we do not have to know about any algorithms and can waste as much processor time or memory as we want. And there are (and always have been) great ways to fill up the memory and let the processor(s) get hot enough to fry eggs on.

Nothing like a nice interpreter like good old BASIC to get things slow enough. What? That's sooo 20th century? Right. JavaScript can waste time much better than any BASIC ever could. Still not slow enough? Then we can go overboard with data binding and even get compiled code down to a crawl.

After all, in the last 20 years all young and promising developers have been taught to believe that any compiler is better than an average assembly programmer. If I may translate: At least half of you are considered to be dumber than some mindless automation.
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modified 1-Jul-13 1:43am.

GeneralFirst to vote! Pin
Venkatesh Mookkan30-Jun-13 18:06
Venkatesh Mookkan30-Jun-13 18:06 
GeneralRe: First to vote! Pin
Rajeev Jayaram30-Jun-13 23:45
Rajeev Jayaram30-Jun-13 23:45 
GeneralRe: First to vote! Pin
Venkatesh Mookkan4-Jul-13 16:42
Venkatesh Mookkan4-Jul-13 16:42 
GeneralRe: First to vote! Pin
MacSpudster2-Jul-13 6:00
professionalMacSpudster2-Jul-13 6:00 
GeneralRe: First to vote! Pin
Venkatesh Mookkan4-Jul-13 16:43
Venkatesh Mookkan4-Jul-13 16:43 

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