Eclipse Juno + WTP +EGit dead slow

Question

I\'m trying to use Eclipse Juno (Version: 4.2.0 Build id: I20120608-1400) with WTP for JavaScript/Node.js development on MacOSX Lion, on my 4GB RAM MacBook Pro. Sometimes it get

Answer 1

Try using a different perspective (the Resource one, for example) and restart Eclipse.

Does it help?

Answer 2

Found a a bug report (id : 385272) raised for slow Juno response times.

Answer 3

unfortunately i can second that. juno is unusable slow in comparison to indigo. with every click i have to wait multiple seconds for a reaction of the gui. i too can exclude the reason might be on the side of my hardware.

Answer 4

You should disable validation of your Node.js and other JavaScript libs as they should be validated by their providers. Try this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/19909401/1040124

Answer 5

I encounter the same issue, and seems to be solved by select the checkbox "Use virtual memory mapping", you can see the option on, Preference-->Team-->Git-->Window Cache

Answer 6

For me, the issue is only happening in the PHP perspective. Launching Eclipse Juno in a different perspective and then switching to the PHP perspective made the tab switching reasonable.

A less cumbersome and permanent solution exists, which is quite straightforward. Installing Web Development Tools fixes this issue.