Comment by gosub100
2 years ago
what I dont understand about java is why doesn't it just take what it needs? If I commanded eclipse to open, that's it. Open an editor, maybe 2-3 recent files, and let me move the cursor around. If IntelliJ isn't ready yet, so be it, but dont slow my UX down because it's running a bunch of services I didn't ask for. If I hit the IntelliJ autocomplete then fine, I'll wait if it's not ready, but until then, the editor frames should be just as snappy as notepad. Java doesn't put the user first!
One of the biggest tricks with Java IDEs was not giving them more memory, but giving them more initial memory.
Tuning startup heap size could cut upward of 40% off of startup and settling time.