Does anyone have any good recommendations for code profiling? I would like to be able to view the system heap, memory usage, garbage collection statuses, etc...
Used this once and it is amazing. The interface is very well done as well.
Zoidberg
2009-08-21 15:05:37
This is a great tool but the price used to be a lot better. Now they "nickle and dime" you to get all of the same features they used to offer at a single price point.
Greg
2009-08-21 15:40:34
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For memory profiling I couldn't beat .NET Memory Profiler. Had everything I needed.
Kieron
2009-08-21 15:05:22
I've used YourKit with mixed results. I like the feel of the tool, but the quality of the results just doesn't seem to be on the same level as Ants or DotTrace. Also it seems like their maintenance of the .Net version has dropped off a bit. Not sure if they're planning to release another version.
Dan Rigby
2009-08-21 15:08:57
I agree with you Dan. I've been happier with Ants as well, but I at least wanted to get the option out there.
jamesaharvey
2009-08-21 15:44:48
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Just to add to all the relevant answers. If you want to inspect the runtime heaps, memory usage and so forth you can actually do all of this (and a lot more) using WinDbg and Sos.dll, which are free. It is not a profiler, but it is a very useful tool for examining the application at runtime.
Brian Rasmussen
2009-08-21 15:14:32
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CLR Profiler is very useful.
Brief Description
The CLR Profiler allows developers to see the allocation profile of their manage applications.
You can find more details about CLR Profiler in this MSDN article.
Alex
2009-08-21 15:19:42
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There's also a profiler included in some versions of Visual Studio. The one included in Visual Studio 2010 seems nice. I don't know if it's good at profiling memory usage though.
Meta-Knight
2009-08-21 15:38:11
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Since everyone's listing the available tools, I thought I'd point you to the complete list of profilers for .NET: http://sharptoolbox.com/categories/profilers-debuggers
You'll find there the tools suggested here and all the other ones, each with a short description of what it proposes.
Fabrice
2009-10-23 09:08:32
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If you are looking for bottlenecks, I think this is best. It finds them in no time, and you don't have to buy or install anything.
Mike Dunlavey
2009-11-20 14:27:35