Compilation time in Visual Studio

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How can I measure compilation/built time in Visual Studio 2010? Have any advices how can I speed up compilation process?

What kind of times are you seeing? How many projects do you have in your solution? — Oded, Mar 22 '12 at 14:20
I use C# in .NET 4.0, in my solution are little above 60 projects — Jacek, Mar 22 '12 at 14:50

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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This SO answer suggests a way of showing the build time in the output window for each build.

To both improve and measure build time you could use a product like Incredibuild.

It is a distributed build tool that uses idle cycles from pc's on your network to improve build times. I worked at a games development company a few years ago who used it and managed to reduce build times from roughly 35 minutes to under 5 minutes.

Note that this is not a free product.

Below is a screenshot showing how this tool integrates with VisualStudio. The muti-coloured bars show which computer is building the code for you, what they are building and the time it is taking them (errors are always shown in red).

Incredibuild Screenshot

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answered Mar 22 '12 at 14:23

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Thanks for your advice, but it is too advanced tool for my need :) – Jacek Mar 22 '12 at 15:36
@Jacek i've updated my post to include a link showing you how to log the build time to the output window. – Robbie Mar 22 '12 at 21:48

Compilation time in Visual Studio

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