Using MiniProfiler with MVC 5 - asp.net-mvc

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So I wanted to check out MiniProfiler to troubleshoot some performance issues.
Before using it on production code I wanted to try it out with the a sample so went ahead with creating a MVC 5 application. This is plain vanilla app that gets created with the template.
Added this code in the Index() method of HomeController:
var profiler = MiniProfiler.Current;
using (profiler.Step("Set page title"))
{
ViewBag.Title = "Home Page";
}
using (profiler.Step("Doing complex stuff"))
{
using (profiler.Step("Step A"))
{ // something more interesting here
Thread.Sleep(100);
}
using (profiler.Step("Step B"))
{ // and here
Thread.Sleep(250);
}
}
return View();
Added this line below the jquery bundle in _Layout:
#Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jquery")
#StackExchange.Profiling.MiniProfiler.RenderIncludes()
#Scripts.Render("~/bundles/bootstrap")
#RenderSection("scripts", required: false)
Ran the app.
Nothing shows up. No profiling, nothing.
What am I missing?
Regards.

Answer 1

This is what I had to do to get MiniProfiler working in my ASP.NET MVC5 project:
Installed the MiniProfiler and MiniProfiler.MVC4 NuGet packages (the MVC4 package supports MVC5)
Add the following to Application_Start() in Global.asax:
protected void Application_Start()
{
...
// Setup profiler for Controllers via a Global ActionFilter
GlobalFilters.Filters.Add(new ProfilingActionFilter());
// initialize automatic view profiling
var copy = ViewEngines.Engines.ToList();
ViewEngines.Engines.Clear();
foreach (var item in copy)
{
ViewEngines.Engines.Add(new ProfilingViewEngine(item));
}
}
Add the following to 'Application_BeginRequest()' and 'Application_EndRequest()', also in Global.asax:
protected void Application_BeginRequest()
{
if (Request.IsLocal)
{
MiniProfiler.Start();
}
}
protected void Application_EndRequest()
{
MiniProfiler.Stop();
}
Add the following to _Layout.cshtml (just before the </body> tag):
...
#StackExchange.Profiling.MiniProfiler.RenderIncludes()
</body>
</html>
Add the following to the <handlers> section of Web.config:
<system.webServer>
...
<handlers>
...
<add name="MiniProfiler" path="mini-profiler-resources/*" verb="*"
type="System.Web.Routing.UrlRoutingModule" resourceType="Unspecified"
preCondition="integratedMode" />
...
</handlers>
</system.webServer>
That was enough to profile each of the MVC Controller Actions and Views.
In my particular project I was using Entity Framework 6, so I also did the following:
a) Installed the MiniProfiler.EF6 package
b) Added the following to the end of Application_Start() in Global.asax:
...
MiniProfilerEF6.Initialize();
}

Answer 2

Also you have to add call:
MiniProfiler.Start();
In Global.asax.cs to Application_BeginRequest event.
And:
MiniProfiler.Stop();
In Global.asax.cs to Application_EndRequest event.