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Fri, 06 May 2005 13:32

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: vpalasi.nospamaurumsol.com

Hi everybody.

I'm preparing a course about J2EE using Eclipse and Lomboz in Windows XP.
The last time I taught this course I used Eclipse 2.1 and was satisfied.

I'm now using Eclipse 3.0 and it is so SLOW. It takes a lot of resources and
is irresponsive. Programming like this is frustrating: you don't do another
thing than waiting. Moreover, I cannot change the machines in the University
I teach (though they are updated enough and even so, Eclipse is very slow).

Does anybody know how to make Eclipse a little bit quicker? (Maybe some
configuration of Windows or Eclipse can help). I don't want the first
experience in Java of my students will be so frustrating.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

TIA,

Vicent Palas

Re: Quicker Eclipse 3.0 [message #62061 is a reply to message #61140]

Mon, 09 May 2005 09:18

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: mylastnameruntogether.mycompanyname.com

Vicent Palasí wrote:

>Moreover, I cannot change the machines in the University
>I teach (though they are updated enough and even so, Eclipse is very slow).
>
>Does anybody know how to make Eclipse a little bit quicker?
>
Being new to Eclipse, I can't answer your question. But perhaps you
could tell us what the specs of these University machines are. CPU MHz
and RAM. Maybe something can be done, maybe it's impossible short of HW
upgrade.

--
Cheers, www.indiegamedesign.com
Brandon Van Every Seattle, WA

When no one else sells courage, supply and demand take hold.

Re: Quicker Eclipse 3.0 [message #64056 is a reply to message #62061]

Fri, 13 May 2005 17:09

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: vpalasi.nospamaurumsol.com

Thanks Brandon.

The machines are Pentium 1.2 Ghz and 128 Mb of RAM

I know, I know. Please stop laughing. I know this is poor but I live in a
third-world country. Is this something I
can do?

"Brandon J. Van Every" <mylastnameruntogether@mycompanyname.com> escribi

Re: Quicker Eclipse 3.0 [message #64097 is a reply to message #64056]

Fri, 13 May 2005 18:46

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: eclipse.rizzoweb.com

Vicent Palasí wrote:
> Thanks Brandon.
>
> The machines are Pentium 1.2 Ghz and 128 Mb of RAM
>
> I know, I know. Please stop laughing. I know this is poor but I live in a
> third-world country. Is this something I
> can do?

The processor speed isn't a problem but the small amount of memory is a
problem. What OS are these machines running?
If it is windows, you are going to have a hard time getting Eclipse to
run with that small about of memory. Eclipse is a big application, and
when you add on your own code that it has to manage, it typically needs
more than 64MB of *available* RAM - more than a windows machine is going
to have if it only started with 128MB.

Is there any possibility to upgrade the RAM? That would be my first
suggestion. Second would be to try Linux instead of windows - but that
is not likely to be an easy thing to accomplish unless you're already
using Linux.

HTH,
Eric

Re: Quicker Eclipse 3.0 [message #65122 is a reply to message #64056]

Tue, 17 May 2005 03:18

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: hcs33.egon.gyaloglo.hu

Hi,

You can turn off some features of Eclipse which may use lots of resources.
Some tips can be found in the Eclipse Wiki:
http://eclipsewiki.editme.com/GeneralFaq

Also, because this configuration has fairly low amount of memory, you should
do the following:
- make sure that only Eclipse is running (close all other programs which can
use memory)
- should use a 16-bit color mode instead of a true-color one
- should not use background image for desktop
- try using '-vmargs -Xmx96M' for running Eclipse.
- make sure that the Eclipse installation and the used workspaces are on the
machine hard disk (do not use network drives - it can slow down Eclipse)

I also recommend a memory upgrade if it is an available option. For
education purposes an additional 64MB ram should be fine (however at least a
+128MB is recommended).

HTH,
Regards,
Csaba

Vicent Palas

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