Check dependecy project compilation time

Question

I am taking over huge solution with a lot of dependencies. I assume that some of them might be not needed or some classes can be moved to other projects.

what approach would you recommend to check which project take the longest time to compile ?

Answer 1

Use msbuild to build your project then look at the build logs to see timestamps of how long the build took.

Relevant MSDN links:
Walkthrough: Using MSBuild
Obtaining Build Logs with MSBuild

Answer 2

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