Our Visual Studio 2013 solution holds 283 projects. The build and load times are long. Reading some tips on the internet about speeding things up I found that the power plan of my laptop directly influences the build time.
| Operation | Power plan | Improvement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Power saver | High performance | ||
| Clean | 00:30 | 00:15 | 50% |
| Build #1 | 02:23 | 02:16 | 5% |
| Build #2 | 00:16 | 00:08 | 50% |
| Rebuild | 02:12 | 01:44 | 25% |
Times are measured with an AddIn that writes to the output window. Not exact science, but the numbers indicate there is a direct relation between the power plan and the build time. Interesting to see that build #1 (direct after a clean) takes almost the same time for both power plans.
My laptop has an Intel Dual Core I5 with turbo boost. The power saver plan disables this. Looks like this is the main reason for the differences. Will leave it at High performance.
.NET Development by Eric 