How to make Pycharm faster/lighter?

Question

I really dig the idea of Pycharm and would love to use it. However, its tendency to consume the computer\'s processing power and lag is a large drawback.

In the near fut

Answer 1

PyCharm is written in Java, and Java uses Just In Time compiling i.e. a method in Java bytecode is converted to native code the first time that method is called. The next time that method is called it runs much faster.

So, the first thing you should do with a new installation of PyCharm is run it a few times and try some of the basic features. Be sure to open and close PyCharm a few times as well. I find that this helps everytime I install a new version of PyCharm.