[C#] Set Up Project For Testing Purposes

[AceInfinity]

I always have a project open when i'm on my computer which is there for testing purposes; putting together code as demonstrations or examples for others, testing variation code for performance, ect...

Whether you guys like it or wouldn't use this method, I think it works okay, for basic testing:

I have this bit of code in my main trigger event (maybe a button click half the time):

#region RunTests From MainMethod()
	#if (RunTEST)
	            Stopwatch sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
	#endif
	            MainMethod();
	#if (RunTEST)
	            MessageBox.Show(sw.ElapsedMilliseconds.ToString());
	#endif
#endregion

Now we have our MainMethod() which is where all the real code actually goes:

private MainMethod()
{
	//Some code here
}

Make sure to put this at the ABSOLUTE TOP of your code, there should be NOTHING above these lines in your source:

#define RunTEST
#undef RunTEST

Now as long as #undef RunTEST reads, we're not actually testing, and no MessageBox shows up with the StopWatch time of how long it takes MainMethod() to execute. But if we comment that out:

#define RunTEST
//#undef RunTEST

Run it again, and after the call to MainMethod() completes, you'll have your quick little runtime display in a MessageBox :)

Cool stupid simple use of preprocessor keywords in C#.

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