A performance bottleneck or resource leakage is much easier to fix in the design and architecture phases of a software project than just prior to deployment. With that in mind, this article delivers a top-down perspective on programming for performance, and it provides a set of specific coding tips that will aid programmers in achieving better code and a higher level of productivity. You’ll find specific information about what kind of code executes more quickly than other types of code, and some simple techniques for actually measuring the performance of LotusScript and Java programs.