developerWorks: Tune Eclipse’s startup performance with the Runtime Spy, Part 2

“One of Core Tools available from Eclipse.org, the Runtime Spy
is a perspective and set of views specifically designed to help you
find and diagnose plug-in startup performance problems. This
article describes how to find common programming mistakes that may
lead to poor startup time and how to correct them. Included is a
case study demonstrating how the Runtime Spy was used to improve
the startup performance of IBM® WebSphere® Studio
Application Developer. The previous article, Part 1, introduces the
Runtime Spy.

“After reading Part 1 of this series, you should have a general
idea of how the Runtime Spy can help you locate startup trouble
spots. Let’s turn to some specific examples of how to use it to
reduce your plug-in’s startup time. To make it more interesting,
we’ll look at some problems that were corrected with the help of
the Runtime Spy as part of the performance improvements of IBM
WebSphere Studio Application Developer…”

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