• The operation is only available inside Visual Studio and you will need JustTrace and JustCode along with their VS Extensions installed.

  

  Unit Test Profiling - JustTrace required message prompt.

• The operation is only available under elevated Visual Studio (ran as Administrator)

  

  Unit Test Profiling - Visual Studio administrator rights message prompt.

• In order to profile unit tests, you need to choose a profiler from the JustTrace extension toolbar or menu. Otherwise, a configuration window will prompt, asking you to choose between Performance or Memory profiler.

  

  JustTrace configuration window - Profiler not selected.

There are several ways to profile an unit test:

1. First, Build your project, in order to populate the Unit Test Window of the JustCode Test Runner.
2. Then, from the JUSTCODE menu inside Visual Studio, navigate to Windows -> Show Unit Test Window.... This will open the Unit Test Window.

3. From here you can use the buttons, as shown below. Or, you can right click on a test and execute the commands from the context menu.

   

   Profile Tests from JustCodes Unit Test Window

1. Open the Solution Explorer Window.

2. From the solution tree select the item that contains the unit tests you would like to profile.

   This item can be either a whole solution, project, folder or a single file.

3. Right-Click the selected item and navigate to JustCode from where you will be able to choose between Profile Tests or Profile and Debug Tests.

1. Position the caret over the test.

2. Press Alt + = and from the TEST tab select Profile Tests or Profile and Debug Tests.

   

   Profile Tests with the JustCode Visual Aid

Once executed Profile Tests / Profile and Debug Tests command will run your tests and simultaneously start a profiling session within JustTrace.

Performance Profiling: After getting a snapshot, JustTrace will open the Unit Tests view. There you will be able to see all profiled unit tests with their times and hitcounts. For more detailed information about the Unit Test view, check this article.

JustTrace Performance Profiling Session - Unit Tests view

Memory Profiling: For memory profiling, you can apply garbage collection (GC.Collect())inside each test in order to tell JustTrace to get snapshot on that state of the test execution. Further, it will automatically get snapshot at the end of the unit test execution process.

JustTrace Memory Profiling Session - Forcing snapshot upon GC

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