Springsource Tool Suite (STS) 2.6 is extremely slow

Products

• VMware

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

SpringSource Tool Suite 2.6 responds slowly:

• when launched.
• when you are using Open Implementation on a code that uses interfaces.
• when you attempt to conduct a search.

Environment

SpringSource Tool Suite 2.6
SpringSource Tool Suite 2.3

Cause

This issue may be caused by automatic buildng in SpringSource Tool Suite 2.6.

Resolution

SpringSource Tool Suite may be slow due to automatic building. To improve the performance, you should build only when needed or by demand. To disable automatic build, go to the STS Tool Bar, click Project, and ensure Build Automatically is not selected.

To resolve this issue, you can speed up SpringSource Tool Suite by completing these steps:

1. Download the latest version of SpringSource Tool Suite.
2. Disable validators. Go to Project > Spring > Project Validators.
3. Deselect Spring Validators and STS Bean Validator.
4. Disable Build Automatically.