Browse Part VI: Advanced Topics and Best Practices

16.8 Performance Considerations

In this section

  • 16.8.1 Understanding core.async Performance
    Explore the performance characteristics of core.async, including the overhead of channels and go blocks, and learn when it is appropriate versus more performant alternatives.
  • 16.8.2 Optimizing Asynchronous Code
    Unlock the secrets to performance enhancement in Clojure's asynchronous programming by minimizing closures in go blocks, avoiding unnecessary channel operations, and properly sizing thread pools.
  • 16.8.3 Benchmarking and Profiling
    Learn about tools and techniques for benchmarking asynchronous code in Clojure, leveraging profiling tools to identify bottlenecks and measure latency and throughput in asynchronous operations.
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