Hello John, try self profiler: http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqProfileMeNow
>From that you should be able to find out what the JPDA threads are doing when things are taking too long. -jt >> John McDonnell <mcdonnell.j...@gmail.com>: 13.11.17 @ 18:32 << > Hi, > > At work, I have in my project group with just over 100 open projects. > Whenever I attempt to debug the application, I find the > debugger/NetBeans slow and sluggish. > > Now I'm not sure if this is related to the number of open projects, > the number of breakpoints I have, or indeed the webapp I'm debugging, > but unfortunately, I sit next to an IntelliJ user and they don't seem > to have the same issues, with an identical machine. So I must assume > its NetBeans related.... > > I want to start to analyse why this is happening, maybe get enough > content to raise/fix? a defect etc. > > What would be the first set of steps? > > Regards > > John