Speed Up Initial Execution of Python Command Line App

Question

I\'ve prototyped a command line application for quick note-taking using Python and argparse. Right now it basically just launches Vim and then shoves the buffer into a SQLite d

Answer 1

You can make use of a similar technique used by the infamous "Microsoft Office Quick Start" or the "Java Quick Start" and, IIRC even the "Adobe Fast-something"...

The trick is to try and keep all the libraries of the program in the disk cache, all the time.

You can get it with a simple crontab command, programmed to be run once each hour. The exact details will depend on your system, but should work with something like:

$ crontab -e
0 * * * * python -c 'pass'

Although to me more effective you should write a simple Python script that imports all the modules your program is using and then just ends.