Measuring Loading time of a web page (C#)

Question

Hi All

I would like to know if there is a simple way of measuring the time it takes from when you hit Enter, to the time where a web page is fully displayed/loaded. Would I need to use a Timer for this, or are there existing features built into the Web Browser control (or .net framework) that I have missed out on?

Thank you

Answer 1

A simple google search reveals all :)

Timing a Page Load C#

Essentialy you are just recording the time at the start of Page_Load and at the end and using some simple math to work out the difference, there is your load time

Answer 2

Firebug (extension for Firefox) has a timing panel, under the "Net" tab.

Answer 3

If you have control over the ASP.NET page, you could turn on Trace. There you will get a bunch of information about the Page lifecycle( including time stamps), and other useful profiling information.

Turn on trace for a page in the Page directive at the top of your aspx file:

<%@ Page Trace="true" %>

Or dynamically in code:

Trace.IsEnabled = true;

Or globally in the app setting this in web.config:

<configuration>
 <system.web>
  <trace enabled="true" requestLimit="40" localOnly="false"/>
 </system.web>
</configuration>

Also see the MSDN documentation for Trace.

Answer 4

Fiddler can inspect all web requests and show you the relevant timings.