Profiling Java programs on OS X
Sounds easy, doesn’t it? Well it actually is quite simple but the error messages along the way can really trip you up! My first attempt at profiling a bit of code was to use the full-boat Eclipse stack: Eclipse Test & Performance Tools Platform Project! Well, what they don’t tell you anywhere on the project page is that it’s only supported on Windows and Linux. A Mac port was started sometime around 2004 and never completed. Yeah, it’s been that long! ...