Tools and skills for memory troubleshooting

Memory analysis is used to identify memory leaks, understand memory consumption, and optimize performance. The .NET ecosystem offers various tools and techniques for this purpose, tailored to the different needs and stages of application development.

Common memory tools and skills

Here’s a list of some commonly used memory analysis tools and skills:

• GC analysis: Analyzing GC logs involves examining the GC’s behavior to understand how memory is being managed, the frequency of collections, and the impact on application performance. You can enable GC logging using runtime configurations and then analyze the logs with tools like PerfView or GCStats.
• Static code analysis: This involves examining the code without executing it to find potential memory leaks and inefficiencies. .NET SDK includes built-in code analyzers that give warnings when APIs are misused in ways that could cause memory problems. Some third...