Any comments / feedback for how we can improve this experience?
I performed these tests using my Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge development phone which has typical performance for an average recent phone. On low spec or older devices like LG K4 or Nokia 1 I have seen startup times of up to 10s for this app. The 14% improvement seen is decent and should make a big difference on those slower devices. Any improvement is welcome and more improvements will be more welcome.
UI is needed for all the settings involved in these challenges because editing the csproj files is awkward.
Version Information
Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019
Version 16.2.3
VisualStudio.16.Release/16.2.3+29215.179
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.7.03190
Installed Version: Community
Visual C++ 2019 00435-60000-00000-AA798
Microsoft Visual C++ 2019
ADL Tools Service Provider 1.0
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Application Insights Tools for Visual Studio Package 9.1.00611.1
Application Insights Tools for Visual Studio
ASP.NET and Web Tools 2019 16.2.290.48383
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ASP.NET Web Frameworks and Tools 2019 16.2.290.48383
For additional information, visit https://www.asp.net/
Azure App Service Tools v3.0.0 16.2.290.48383
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Azure Data Lake Node 1.0
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Azure Data Lake Tools for Visual Studio 2.3.9000.0
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Azure Functions and Web Jobs Tools 16.2.290.48383
Azure Functions and Web Jobs Tools
Azure Stream Analytics Tools for Visual Studio 2.3.9000.0
Microsoft Azure Stream Analytics Tools for Visual Studio
C# Tools 3.2.1-beta4-19408-03+2fc6a04980f800c59e8ede97e6ae294ff47d666e
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Common Azure Tools 1.10
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Dotfuscator Community Edition 5.42.0.9514-e0e25f754
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Extensibility Message Bus 1.2.0 (d16-2@8b56e20)
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GitHub.VisualStudio 2.9.1.7781
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IntelliCode Extension 1.0
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JustDecompilePackage2017 Extension 1.0
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Microsoft Azure Hive Query Language Service 2.3.9000.0
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Microsoft Azure Service Fabric Tools for Visual Studio 2.5
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Microsoft Visual C++ Wizards 1.0
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Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Containers 1.1
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Microsoft Visual Studio VC Package 1.0
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Mono Debugging for Visual Studio 16.2.6 (4cfc7c3)
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Visual Studio Spell Check Everywhere VSSpellCheckEverywhere
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https://GitHub.com/EWSoftware/VSSpellChecker
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Visual Studio Tools for Containers 1.0
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Startup Performance (Activity Displayed)
Any comments / feedback for how we can improve this experience?
I performed these tests using my Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge development phone which has typical performance for an average recent phone. On low spec or older devices like LG K4 or Nokia 1 I have seen startup times of up to 10s for this app. The 14% improvement seen is decent and should make a big difference on those slower devices. Any improvement is welcome and more improvements will be more welcome.
UI is needed for all the settings involved in these challenges because editing the csproj files is awkward.
Version Information
Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 Version 16.2.3 VisualStudio.16.Release/16.2.3+29215.179 Microsoft .NET Framework Version 4.7.03190
Installed Version: Community
Visual C++ 2019 00435-60000-00000-AA798 Microsoft Visual C++ 2019
ADL Tools Service Provider 1.0 This package contains services used by Data Lake tools
Application Insights Tools for Visual Studio Package 9.1.00611.1 Application Insights Tools for Visual Studio
ASP.NET and Web Tools 2019 16.2.290.48383 ASP.NET and Web Tools 2019
ASP.NET Web Frameworks and Tools 2019 16.2.290.48383 For additional information, visit https://www.asp.net/
Azure App Service Tools v3.0.0 16.2.290.48383 Azure App Service Tools v3.0.0
Azure Data Lake Node 1.0 This package contains the Data Lake integration nodes for Server Explorer.
Azure Data Lake Tools for Visual Studio 2.3.9000.0 Microsoft Azure Data Lake Tools for Visual Studio
Azure Functions and Web Jobs Tools 16.2.290.48383 Azure Functions and Web Jobs Tools
Azure Stream Analytics Tools for Visual Studio 2.3.9000.0 Microsoft Azure Stream Analytics Tools for Visual Studio
C# Tools 3.2.1-beta4-19408-03+2fc6a04980f800c59e8ede97e6ae294ff47d666e C# components used in the IDE. Depending on your project type and settings, a different version of the compiler may be used.
Common Azure Tools 1.10 Provides common services for use by Azure Mobile Services and Microsoft Azure Tools.
Dotfuscator Community Edition 5.42.0.9514-e0e25f754 PreEmptive Protection - Dotfuscator CE
Extensibility Message Bus 1.2.0 (d16-2@8b56e20) Provides common messaging-based MEF services for loosely coupled Visual Studio extension components communication and integration.
Fabric.DiagnosticEvents 1.0 Fabric Diagnostic Events
GitHub.VisualStudio 2.9.1.7781 A Visual Studio Extension that brings the GitHub Flow into Visual Studio.
IntelliCode Extension 1.0 IntelliCode Visual Studio Extension Detailed Info
JustDecompilePackage2017 Extension 1.0 JustDecompilePackage2017 Visual Studio Extension Detailed Info
Microsoft Azure HDInsight Azure Node 2.3.9000.0 HDInsight Node under Azure Node
Microsoft Azure Hive Query Language Service 2.3.9000.0 Language service for Hive query
Microsoft Azure Service Fabric Tools for Visual Studio 2.5 Microsoft Azure Service Fabric Tools for Visual Studio
Microsoft Azure Stream Analytics Language Service 2.3.9000.0 Language service for Azure Stream Analytics
Microsoft Azure Stream Analytics Node 1.0 Azure Stream Analytics Node under Azure Node
Microsoft Azure Tools 2.9 Microsoft Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 0x10 - v2.9.20626.2
Microsoft Continuous Delivery Tools for Visual Studio 0.4 Simplifying the configuration of Azure DevOps pipelines from within the Visual Studio IDE.
Microsoft JVM Debugger 1.0 Provides support for connecting the Visual Studio debugger to JDWP compatible Java Virtual Machines
Microsoft Library Manager 1.0 Install client-side libraries easily to any web project
Microsoft MI-Based Debugger 1.0 Provides support for connecting Visual Studio to MI compatible debuggers
Microsoft Visual C++ Wizards 1.0 Microsoft Visual C++ Wizards
Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Containers 1.1 Develop, run, validate your ASP.NET Core applications in the target environment. F5 your application directly into a container with debugging, or CTRL + F5 to edit & refresh your app without having to rebuild the container.
Microsoft Visual Studio VC Package 1.0 Microsoft Visual Studio VC Package
Mono Debugging for Visual Studio 16.2.6 (4cfc7c3) Support for debugging Mono processes with Visual Studio.
NuGet Package Manager 5.2.0 NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio. For more information about NuGet, visit https://docs.nuget.org/
PowerShell Pro Tools for Visual Studio 1.0 A set of tools for developing and debugging PowerShell scripts and modules in Visual Studio.
Productivity Power Tools 2017/2019 16.0 Installs the individual extensions of Productivity Power Tools 2017/2019
ProjectServicesPackage Extension 1.0 ProjectServicesPackage Visual Studio Extension Detailed Info
ResourcePackage Extension 1.0 ResourcePackage Visual Studio Extension Detailed Info
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SQL Server Data Tools 16.0.61906.28070 Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools
ToolWindowHostedEditor 1.0 Hosting json editor into a tool window
TypeScript Tools 16.0.10627.2001 TypeScript Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio
Visual Basic Tools 3.2.1-beta4-19408-03+2fc6a04980f800c59e8ede97e6ae294ff47d666e Visual Basic components used in the IDE. Depending on your project type and settings, a different version of the compiler may be used.
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Visual Studio Code Debug Adapter Host Package 1.0 Interop layer for hosting Visual Studio Code debug adapters in Visual Studio
Visual Studio Spell Check Everywhere VSSpellCheckEverywhere An extension that enables spell checking within any Visual Studio file editor or tool window that uses WPF text boxes. https://GitHub.com/EWSoftware/VSSpellChecker
Visual Studio Spell Checker VSSpellChecker An editor extension that checks the spelling of comments, strings, and plain text as you type or interactively with tool windows. https://GitHub.com/EWSoftware/VSSpellChecker
Visual Studio Tools for Containers 1.0 Visual Studio Tools for Containers
Visual Studio Tools for Kubernetes 1.0 Visual Studio Tools for Kubernetes
VisualStudio.Mac 1.0 Mac Extension for Visual Studio
VSColorOutput 2.6.5 Color output for build and debug windows - http://mike-ward.net/vscoloroutput
Xamarin 16.2.0.95 (d16-2@37df81894) Visual Studio extension to enable development for Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android.
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