Eclipse is slow -- what's the alternative?

java-programmer, Eclipse is slow -- what's the alternative? I'm starting to get tired of Eclipse -- it's slow and pauses frequently.

Does anyone know if there is a way to speed it up? (I'm already giving it
plenty of memory). Are any speed improvements in the works?

Is it worth switching to another IDE?

java-programmer >> Eclipse is slow -- what's the alternative? Chris wrote:
> I'm starting to get tired of Eclipse -- it's slow and pauses frequently.
>
> Does anyone know if there is a way to speed it up? (I'm already giving it
> plenty of memory). Are any speed improvements in the works?
>
> Is it worth switching to another IDE?
>
>

I do see where the newer Eclipse 3.2 load takes a little more time but
has a lot of newer options. Anyway, Make sure you have auto update off.
When it starts to slow down look at the bottom right hand conner and see
it it is building your work space. I suspect that it is. If so you can
control this by options in the preferences.

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java-programmer >> Eclipse is slow -- what's the alternative? On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 13:35:46 -0600, "Chris" <anon> wrote, quoted or
indirectly quoted someone who said :

>I'm starting to get tired of Eclipse -- it's slow and pauses frequently.

Have version 3.1?

You can AOT compile it. See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jet.html

Do you have something else running in the background chewing up
resources? Try removing everything else.

It is a pig to get started. I tend to leave it running.
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java-programmer >> Eclipse is slow -- what's the alternative? Chris <anon> wrote:
> I'm starting to get tired of Eclipse -- it's slow and pauses
> frequently.
> Does anyone know if there is a way to speed it up? (I'm already
> giving it plenty of memory). Are any speed improvements in the works?

Did you try the concurrent GC? Works quite well here. Try JVM
option -XX:+UseParNewGC
see http://java.sun.com/docs/hotspot/gc1.4.2/

> Is it worth switching to another IDE?

IMHO not.

robert

java-programmer >> Eclipse is slow -- what's the alternative? faster machine maybe? what do you consider "plenty of memory", that
depends on how many files are in your project and what kind of files
those are?

java-programmer >> Eclipse is slow -- what's the alternative? if you are willing to spend some money, Intellij IDEA from Jetbrains is
the best Java IDE hands down.

java-programmer >> Eclipse is slow -- what's the alternative? On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:51:23 -0000, <email***@***.com> wrote:

> if you are willing to spend some money, Intellij IDEA from Jetbrains is
> the best Java IDE hands down.
>

And is currently half price for personal licences (until 15th January).

Dan.

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java-programmer >> Eclipse is slow -- what's the alternative? The Zeus for Windows IDE has support for Java:

http://www.zeusedit.com/features.html
Note: Zeus is shareware (45 day trial).

It has features like class browsing, syntax highlighting,
smart indent, code folding, project/workspace management,
integrated version control etc etc.

Jussi Jumppanen
Author: Zeus for Windows

java-programmer >> Eclipse is slow -- what's the alternative? Chris ecrivit le 06/01/2006 20:35 :
> I'm starting to get tired of Eclipse -- it's slow and pauses frequently.
>
> Does anyone know if there is a way to speed it up? (I'm already giving it
> plenty of memory). Are any speed improvements in the works?
>
> Is it worth switching to another IDE?

I don't know your specs, but I run it on an Intel Pentium III 866hmz and
512Mo or RAM and it works fine with a project of 1000 classes.

I assume you are using the last 3.1.1 release of Eclipse.

Which JRE are you using ? I found out that the 1.6.0 pre-release works
the best, 1.4.2 is second. 1.5.0 freezes the system a lot.

Also, I use the following parameters:
-vmargs -Xverify:none -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:PermSize=20M
-XX:MaxNewSize=32M -XX:NewSize=32M -Xms128M -Xmx256M

java-programmer >> Eclipse is slow -- what's the alternative? > Which JRE are you using ? I found out that the 1.6.0 pre-release works the
> best, 1.4.2 is second. 1.5.0 freezes the system a lot.
>
> Also, I use the following parameters:
> -vmargs -Xverify:none -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:PermSize=20M -XX:MaxNewSize=32M
> -XX:NewSize=32M -Xms128M -Xmx256M

Bingo. I replaced my old startup parameters with yours, and now it's much
faster.

I'm using 1.4.2.