Profiling .NET Application

[Charles Law]

I have seen people ask this before, and I think I have as well. The question
is: specifically, what third-party tools or built-in .NET features exist for
profiling .NET applications?

The answers I have seen before seem to refer generally to the existence of
such tools, but do not mention names.

The particular scenario is: I have a VB.NET application, which, under
certain circumstances causes the CPU activity to disappear off the scale.
What I am trying to find out is where is my code disappearing off to to
cause this to happen, and why.

Do people have any preferred tools / techniques for analysing this kind of
problem? I'd rather it didn't involve writing debug code everywhere.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Charles

 

[James J. Foster]

One such tool, ANTS by Red-Gate:

http://www.red-gate.com/code_profiling.htm

 

[Charles Law]

Thanks James. I will give their trial a go.

Charles

 

[José Joye]

Compuware has a free limited edition. It is worth to try if it fits your
needs:

http://www.compuware.com/products/devpartner/profiler/default.asp

José

 

[Robert Jacobson]

Have you tried the Microsoft CLR Profiler (free)? There's a nifty "MSDN TV"
show on how to use it. <g>

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...y/en-us/dndotnet/html/highperfmanagedapps.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/episode.aspx?xml=episodes/en/20030729CLRGN/manifest.xml

--Robert Jacobson

 

[Charles Law]

Thank you also.

Charles

AQtime is a good one.

 

[Charles Law]

I haven't, but I shall.

Thanks.

Charles

Have you tried the Microsoft CLR Profiler (free)? There's a nifty "MSDN TV"
show on how to use it. <g>

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...y/en-us/dndotnet/html/highperfmanagedapps.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/episode.aspx?xml=episodes/en/20030729CLRGN/manifest.xml

--Robert Jacobson