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

I have found an unofficial patch, which makes switching between editors a lot faster. See this comment: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=391868#c28

You just add the referenced page http://www.objectteams.org/EclipsePatch422beta/, and it seems to be a lot faster. Unofficial patch, so backup your Eclipse before.

Answer 2

There's an official performance patch for Juno SR1. Otherwise you could switch to Juno SR2 or Kepler.

Answer 3

Please see the comments on https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=385272.

We're aware that there is an issue here but are as yet unsure as to what the cause is. We're in the act of profiling various scenarios to try to get a handle on why some people see such a significant degradation while most seem to work at least acceptably.

Please post information on the defect above about what features you're using there, maybe it'll help up track down the culprit...no smiley, this is serious.