An MSBuild logger that emits trace_event JSON suitable for Chrome’s Trace-Viewer.
Because this logger doesn't preserve all of the information needed to debug builds in general, it's a good idea to capture a binary log and replay it through this logger.
Build your project with an attached binary log
msbuild project.csproj /bl
After you have a binary log, replay it with the TraceEventLogger attached
msbuild /l:path\to\TraceEventLogger.dll msbuild.binlog
This will emit a file named msbuild_events.json in the current working directory.
Using Chrome, open chrome://tracing, click "Load", and browse to the log output.