idea ultimate 2017.1.1 slow and hangs
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The IDE is slow most of the times and hangs while editing, esp. hangs too much while editing JSX documents.
Are there any settings that i need to tweak, or are there any plugins that need to be disabled.
What could be the cause of this slowness. Let me know how can I improve my experiance
This is the first time I have paid for an IDE and this experience is frustrating.
I am currently using MacBook Pro i5, osx 10.12, 8gb ram
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Please file a performance problem at https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues/WEB with the CPU snapshot attached (https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/articles/207241235).
I have the same problem - it doesn't hang but wow its slow on a fast macbook pro even in a smallish nodejs project. I need to go back to 2016 to see if its actually the new 2017 release or whether Idea is just slow for node projects (its been a few years since I've used it in anger on java projects - where it was acceptable on quite large projects).
I notice that scrolling though source code with the trackpad has moments where it stutters and doesn't want to move on and then suddenly catches up. Equally when typing - the code completion menus take seconds to snap into place (long enough to make you disoriented). Similarly it you jump to a new file and start to type - it sometimes takes seconds before the characters appear. Its not always - but frequently enough to be annoying.
I'm wondering if its my setup - but this is a relatively new high end macbook pro, and equally a fairly new installation of Idea.
I may have to investigate how to submit one of the snapshots metioned in the support faq.
Tim
Every performance problem is unique, so it's unlikely that you have the same problem. Please report a new issue with the the CPU snapshot attached.
Yes I understand that - I'll download an EAP version and see if I can replicate and then upload a cpu snapshot. I was curious if other people notice the same thing. I did a quick google search and Idea is not known for being the snappiest product (although it is very feature rich).
Out of curiosity - these issues drove me to try Visual Studio Code (which has less features) and I was shocked how much quicker it was - although I do miss the full arsenal of refactoring tools (it just has the basics). I'd like to see Idea work as well as I remember from a few years ago.
@Tamackinnon., I am too experiencing the issues which you have described above., Hopefully the speed improves soon.
Opened a ticket on the same. https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WEB-26321
The same issue after update
It's unlikely the same issue. As it has been already stated, every performance issue is unique and only the CPU snapshot can tell if it's the same problem or not.
I thought that maybe the .1.2 update had fixed this, but I think if you leave the ide open for a few days (as in use it for a few hours and then suspend your laptop and do that again the next day etc) IDEA ultimately grinds to a halt. I've been taking some memory snapshots now I know how, and so will report it.
Probably related: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WI-35956.
Leaving your IDE open for many days might cause the problem reported. I was frustrated with the same issue while working with node projects but restarting the IDE seems to solve the issue for now. :)
I have the same problem as Tamackinnon. Have to restart IDEA several times a day. It slows down in every action even trying to type some code in jsp or java files....
As already stated, please report performance problems at https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues/IDEA with the CPU snapshots attached (https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/articles/207241235).