TestContext class is equipped with two public methods: BeginTimer and EndTimer, which allow measuring the execution time of an individual unit test. In this way, time required to execute code under test can be measured, and be recorded in reports (e.g., in associated .trx files) as follows.

TestContext.BeginTimer("longRunningProcess"); //.. invoke actual code under test TestContext.EndTimer("longRunningProcess");

The following screenshot illustrates the report generated from running the above code.

To sum up, we illustrate how to use TestContext to measure execution time of code under test. Check out the next post where we show how to report additional information in test result.

Related Posts

Other posts in this series includes:

On Unit Testing:

• Why is Unit Testing so Important?
• TDD in a Nutshell.
• More on Unit Testing: TestContext.

Usage of TestContext:

• Getting Directory of Current Context with TestContext.
• Output Additional Information with TestContext.
• Unit Testing in ASP.NET Context with TestContext.
• TestContext in Data Driven Unit Tests
• Add Result File with TestContext