More Info About the Profiler

For regular readers of this blog, the NetBeans Profiler is old news. But that does not mean the Profiler is sitting still. There will be a few new features in version 5.5 of the IDE, which will hopefully be in beta by JavaOne. In addition, two members of the Profiler development team have recently published documents that provide detailed information on using the Profiler.

Maros Sandor has an excellent article on how to profile a NetBeans plug-in module. The development of plug-in modules was made dramatically easier by features added in version 5.0 of the NetBeans IDE. With integrated support from the Profiler, plug-in module development gets even easier.

If you want to profile web and enterprise applications, then you need to check out these new Profiler online help docs that were written by Jiri Sedlacek. The NetBeans Profiler provides support for a variety of different use cases and Jiri describes the most common (and also some less common) use cases. One thing I particularly like is his list of general profiling tips, which apply not just to web and enterprise applications, but to the profiling of any type of application.