After our recent lengthy article on the benefits of the editor outline, today’s is a much shorter but no less important tip when working with Voxeo VoiceObjects Developer Edition.

As you may know, the Developer Edition provides a convenient all-in-one packaging of the entire Voxeo VoiceObjects platform. One of its invisible parts is an embedded database that is used to store all object definitions and deployed services. It is based on the acclaimed Apache Derby DB and usually provides you with excellent, reliable, and fast service whenever you turn the key. In grateful return, you should tend to its needs every now and then.

When you work on your applications, entries in the database are created, modified, and deleted. Over time, this can lead to a certain amount of disorder and dirt that accumulates in the DB tables - engine gunk, as they call it in the car commercials. It can lead to sluggish performance e.g. when opening projects or saving objects. Not to worry, though, since there is an easy solution that you can apply without ever having to open the hood.

From the VoiceObjects menu, select the entry Optimize Embedded Database.

This starts a fully automatic clean-up and optimization process, which may take a couple of minutes depending on how big (and dirty) your database has become.

This time is very well spent, however, since after it is finished you will likely notice a significant boost in responsiveness and performance. Cleaner engines do run faster.

Think of it as an occasional oil change for your IDE. No need to do it on a weekly basis, but every couple of months or whenever you have the feeling that Developer Edition has become noticeably slower than it used to be is a good time.

Tags: VoiceObjects Developer Edition 7.4, VoiceObjects Developer Edition 9.0

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