Profiler

NetBeans Profiler is a module to provide a full-featured profiling functionality for the NetBeans IDE. The profiling functions include CPU, memory and threads profiling as well as basic JVM monitoring, allowing developers to be more productive in solving memory or performance-related issues.

Another tool being developed for profiling purposes is an integration of Visual GC into NetBeans IDE. For more details see the Visual GC Integration Module homepage.

Learn

Introduction to Profiling Java Applications [html] Learn how to start profiling with NetBeans 6 out of the box!	New In Profiler 6.0 [flash] New profiling features now available in NetBeans IDE 6.0.
Advanced Profiling [html] Profiling techniques and best practices in a real-world tutorial.	Profiler Blog [html] News, features, tips & tricks and all around the Profiler.

Download

You don't need to download and install the profiler separately, it's part of the NetBeans IDE 6.1.
See list of bugs fixed in 6.1.

If you want to profile remote applications, get a profiler remote pack appropriate for target operating system and architecture:

Windows	Linux x86	Solaris Sparc	Solaris x86	Mac OS X
32bit	32bit	32bit	32bit	32bit
64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit

Latest development milestone: NetBeans IDE 6.5 Beta.

All Profiler downloads incl. latest development build and Profiler 5.5.1 are available here.