Profiling NHibernate with Glimpse

Glimpse is a popular diagnostics and profiling framework, built especially for .NET web applications. In this recipe, we will show you how to use Glimpse and the Glimpse.NHibernate add-on, in order to profile NHibernate requests.

Getting ready

Open an existing ASP.NET web application project that uses NHibernate or complete the Setting up session-per-web request recipe from Chapter 3, Sessions and Transactions.

How to do it...

1. Install Glimpse for MVC using the NuGet Package Manager Console by executing the following command:

   Install-Package Glimpse.MVC5
   

2. Install the NHibernate.Glimpse package using the NuGet Package Manager Console by executing the following command:

   Install-Package NHibernate.Glimpse
   

3. Run the web application.

4. Navigate to /glimpse.axd.

5. Click the button labeled Turn Glimpse On.

6. Navigate to any URL which executes NHibernate queries, such as the /books page in the example application.

7. Click on the Glimpse logo in the bottom-right corner of the page.

8. Investigate...