It's a desktop Java app... it's supposed to be slow... Try comparing IDEA's performance with JBuilder, NetBeans and TogetherSoft... so far as I've been able to tell the only IDE for java that doesn't suck from a performance perspective is XEmacs with the java integration... but that's no fun, is it? I mean... unless you like changing settings in your IDE by writing LISP code :)
Besides, IDEA lets you work your way without forcing you into a particular development methodology--IBM's IDEs always seem to want to force you to work like a 500 person shop. Seriously, I agree that IDE performance has become a total joke in the java world, but IDEA is really the best I've seen so far. Both JBuilder and NetBeans allocate at least 60MB of RAM just to start up and show me a Tip-of-the-Day. When I spoke with a salesperson from TogetherSoft she told me (with a straight voice) that I really should be using a 2GHz CPU.. and have somewhere between 512MB or 1GB of RAM... I work for a "start up" company... I was lucky to get 256MB of RAM. Anyhow, you're a developer, you shouldn't be buying boxes from DELL, you should be putting them together with parts from a local computer show and EBay... :) That said, I think you'll find that, rather than buying a whole new box, upgrade your RAM as much as your pocket book can allow. I found that what kills most of these IDEs is the memory requirements. When your laptop experiences a swap storm you'll know what pain is. sw > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Morett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 6:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Eap-features] Re: sluggish editor > > > Erik, > > my friend...buy a new computer to use an IDE? > > can i place the order on dell.com and you pick up the tab? > > i know you're half kidding about this suggestion. To your > point "But its > basic mission is not to simply edit files. Its mission is to > introduce some > intelligence into a development environment, and I think it > does a great > job." > > It can't introduce intelligence to anything unless I am > allowed to type it > in first. It can't refactor code that isn't there. I don't > wish to enter > into a quasi-religious debate as we seem to agree that this > is, or has the > potential to become, an awesome product. > > But it *is* an editor first and foremost. > > :-) > > "Erik Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > aklvi4$gs1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:aklvi4$gs1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > "Morett, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > I've got -Xms128m -Xmx200m and it barely helps. I would > agree it is > > getting > > > more sluggish. I'd like to know what the heck it is > storing in its 128M > > > that I see in the lower right hand corner. > > > > In addition to all the Java overhead, my guess is that it's storing > > information about all the classes, methods, variables, > constants and files > > associated with your project. (Which is something that > less-intelligent > IDEs > > probably don't bother doing.) > > > > > > > This is a beatiful product, but it is approaching a point > where it's got > > so > > > many features that its basic mission--to simply edit > files--is getting > > > harder and harder to do. > > > > But its basic mission is not to simply edit files. Its mission is to > > introduce some intelligence into a development environment, > and I think it > > does a great job. > > > > Development for me is faster and more enjoyable because of > IDEA. I agree > > that it uses a lot of resources, and I used to have a lot > of problems with > > the speed. But my solution was to go out and buy a new > computer. IDEA > really > > flies on a 1.8GHz processor with 1GB of RAM :) > > > > Though of course anything that the JetBrainiacs can do to > increase the > speed > > and decrease the memory requirements will be much > appreciated by all, I'm > > sure... > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-features mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features > _______________________________________________ Eap-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features
