Performance Tuning
Hi,
First of all, I am NOT here to complain that Jetbrains products are slow for me, however, I am interested in speeding them up.
How fast do intellij products start up for you? I would like to compare my startup speed and see if my start up time is particularly abnormal.
Could you post your speed, specs and maybe operating system, as well as what jebrains product you were using?
What is development team is actually expecting when it comes to startup time?
Given that my system is:
Intel core i5-6200U @ 2.30 GHZ
8 GB Ram DDR3
1 TB HDD
Windows 10
Starting webstorm after the laptop has successfully started up (not during or shortly after initial boot)
How much time does it take from clicking the webstorm icon in the taskbar and having the editor fully loaded? (after indexing)
Thanks! :-)
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Startup time depends on dozens of different factors:
- 'cold' starts (the first start after system re-boot) are usually much slower than the subsequent starts. Slow cold starts is a problem all Java applications suffer from
- as most of startup time is spent on file system operations, the faster your disk is the better. To avoid delays on loading classes and indexing the stuff, make sure that WebStorm configuration and caches folders (https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544519-Directories-used-by-the-IDE-to-store-settings-caches-plugins-and-logs), application install dir and your project directory are located on a fast local drive that is excluded from virus scanning. Storing configurations and projects on synchronized, backed up, encrypted, shared or in any other way non-standard disk folders may also cause performance issues
- disabling plugins you don't use might improve the startup time
- and, of course, if you have Reopen last project on startup enabled, significant time is spent on project indexing. The required time depends on project size and complexity.