Collection of Useful Tools for Performance Test Engineers

• PERFVIEW
• Performance-analysis tool that helps isolate CPU- and memory-related performance issues
• https://github.com/microsoft/perfview

• PAL:
• Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL) Tool.  Reads in a performance monitor counter log and analyzes it using known thresholds.
• https://github.com/clinthuffman/PAL

• SYSINTERNALS
• Manage, troubleshoot and diagnose your Windows systems and applications.
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/

• Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
• Develop, test, and deploy Windows drivers
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/download-the-wdk

• WINDBG
• Analyze crash/memory dumps.
• New preview version:
• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windbg-preview/9pgjgd53tn86?rtc=1&activetab=pivot:overviewtab
• Psscor4 Managed-Code Debugging Extension for WINDBG
•  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21255

• DEBUG DIAG
• Debug Diagnostic Tool. Troubleshoot processes/threads, e.g. IIS.
• Version 2.3:
• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=58210

• CLR PROFILER
• CLRProfiler is a free tool from Microsoft to help you diagnose memory issues with your managed app.
• GitHub Repository:
• https://github.com/microsoftarchive/clrprofiler/

• FIDDLER
• Http traffic debugger, uses a proxy to look at communication coming in and out of a host.
• https://www.telerik.com/fiddler

• WIRESHARK
• Packet analyzer for network traffic debugging
• https://www.wireshark.org/download.html

• LOG PARSER 2.2
• Command-line tools that provides query access to text-based data such as log files, XML files and CSV files
• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24659

• LINQPAD
• Instantly test any LINQ,C#/F#/VB snippet or program
• https://www.linqpad.net/

• ROY OSHEROVE's REGEXP TOOLS
• Regular Expression Syntax helper, visualizers, unit test tools, etc.
• https://osherove.com/tools

• SERVICE TRACE VIEWER
• WCF Service Trace Viewer tool helps you correlate diagnostic traces produced by WCF listeners to locate the root cause of an error
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/wcf/diagnostics/tracing/using-service-trace-viewer-for-viewing-correlated-traces-and-troubleshooting?redirectedfrom=MSDN

• Notepad++
• Powerful text editor, features applying different encoding options, language formatting, macros, external plugins and lets you perform many string manipulation operations
• https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/

**There are many others text editors such as EditPad Pro, PSPad, Charny Notepad, etc. but wanted to feature at least one.

• Beyond Compare
• Powerful comparison tool that allows you to compare two files or folders, merge changes and visualize everything using different viewers.
• https://www.scootersoftware.com/download.php

• BareTail
• Log File Monitoring Tool that lets you trace a log file in real time and view the tail of the file as information keeps coming in, without blocking the file for writing. Also lets you highlight filter information by color.
• https://www.baremetalsoft.com/baretail/

• Telerik Code Converter
• Convert code from C# to VB and vice versa
• https://converter.telerik.com/

• WebTest Power-Editor (Serializer)
• Power-Editor extension for Visual Studio WebTests (VS 2017). Allows you to modify multiple items inside a single Webtest or several WebTests and change values that are time-consuming to change one by one, such as Request properties, Transactions, etc.
• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=EdwinHernandezMSFT.SerializerVSIX