Timing Sections of .Net Code

Question

Using Visual Studio 2019, VB .Net.

Looking for the best way to time sections of code to find a the exact code causing new delays running a command.
These are applications on client workstations running against a a SQL Server database.

I did some tracing and profiling MANY years ago, but wondering if there's a better way today. I want to have minimal to no impact on client performance, while running these checks, if possible, or get a feel for anticipated performance impact.

If there is a significant impact, the quicker I can disable the timing checks, the better.

Answer 1

Use a StopWatch. A quick example.

        Dim stpw As New Stopwatch  
  
        'code to time  
        stpw.Restart()  
        For x As Integer = 1 To 1000000  
            Dim i As Integer = x  
        Next  
  
        'timing done  
        stpw.Stop()  
        Debug.WriteLine(stpw.Elapsed)  
  

Answer 2

Hello,

Working also with a StopWatch as @Dewayne Basnett check out the following code sample on GitHub.

Provides

• Access to a StopWatch using a singleton which means you can all functionality any place in your project
• Option to write to comma delimited file

There is plenty of room for customization.