What are some resources I can use to learn profiling/optimizing?

Question

I just inherited a C# project that runs way to slow and will have to start optimizing it. What I wanted to do first is learn a little more about profiling/optimizing since I

Answer 1

I'm taking an undergraduate course (one topic is Performance Analysis) and the recommended text is The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis: Techniques for Experimental Design, Measurement, Simulation, and Modeling. It's something of a bible on the subject and might be a bit overkill.