Advanced GDScript and Performance

Use stronger typing and profiling to improve complex projects without premature optimization.

What you will learn

• Design stronger typed APIs
• Measure CPU, GPU, memory, and frame time
• Document measurable performance improvements

Course syllabus

1. 01
   Stronger static-typing practices
2. 02
   Typed APIs between systems
3. 03
   Variant conversion and validation
4. 04
   Choosing between Node, Resource, and RefCounted
5. 05
   Object lifetime
6. 06
   Signal cleanup
7. 07
   Weak references
8. 08
   Callables and higher-order behavior
9. 09
   Lambdas
10. 10
    Utility classes
11. 11
    Composition patterns
12. 12
    Data-oriented thinking
13. 13
    Loading versus preloading
14. 14
    Resource caching
15. 15
    Background-loading concepts
16. 16
    Measuring frame time
17. 17
    CPU and GPU bottlenecks
18. 18
    The Godot profiler
19. 19
    Custom performance monitors
20. 20
    Avoiding premature optimization
21. 21
    Reducing unnecessary processing
22. 22
    Reusing temporary objects appropriately
23. 23
    Visibility and culling
24. 24
    Optimizing large numbers of entities
25. 25
    Memory and asset budgets
26. 26
    Performance testing on lower-end hardware
27. 27
    Comparing before-and-after measurements
28. 28
    Writing a performance report