Visual Studio add-in for performance benchmarking

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Visual Studio add-in for performance benchmarking

I'd like to measure the performance of some code blocks in my c# winforms application. In particular I want to measure performance regression/improvement after some restructuring of the code.

So long I've seen the System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch. However, I want to avoid writing measuring code into my classes, I would rather prefer to separate measuring from actual code.

As for debugging, you can set breakpoints on several code lines and "jump" from one to the next by "Continue Execution", I imagine something similar for measuring: Mark to lines of code and make Visual Studio display the time elapsing from one to the next.

Is there any free feature/add-in in that direction?

Google for a .NET profiler. There are many. Some integrate into VS. Some are free, most are not.

leppie 2010-06-09 08:17:53

Hmm... "Google" - I think I might have heard this term somewhere in past, sounds promising... ;-) - Seriously: Yes, there are many, and yes, only a small subset integrate into VS, and only a subset are free. So this hint doesn't really help me.

chiccodoro 2010-06-11 06:29:19

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Try NProf it's not an addin but it's free. Also SharpDevelop has an in built profiler.

SDX2000 2010-06-09 08:59:08

PS: I know an addin will go a long way in streamlining the development process but writing VS addins is tedious and addins often break between VS versions so finding good addins is difficult.

SDX2000 2010-06-09 09:02:42

Thanks SDX2000. You maybe right with the VS addin issues. Still I would be interested if there are any.

chiccodoro 2010-06-11 06:28:00

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