Measuring performance with BenchmarkDotNet part 1

A simple demonstration of the superlative BenchmarkDotNet and its integration into Github Actions.

Measuring code performance is self evidently a vital discipline to software engineering and yet is so often skipped, usually for false economies. BenchmarkDotNet makes this essential task simplicity itself, with a syntax and style that's immediately intuitive to anyone versed in unit testing.

Just exercise your code in a declarative way, include it in your CI pipeline, and enjoy the results.

This project just demonstrates the basics: the .net project, the CI pipeline and the resultant reports.

The Benchmarks

• NoopTest The absolute minimum function that can be benchmarked - it does nothing.

• AddTest A simple addition metric, again of minimal complexity.

• MultiplyTest A simple multiplication metric, again of minimal complexity.

• Fibonacci Benchmarking a Fibonacci implementation, measuring the computation time for the first N Fibonacci numbers.

Builds

Builds are managed with love by Github Actions:

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Further Reading

Licence

Contributing

Code of Conduct

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