Zope can provide real-time profiling information. Profiling helps product authors to speed up sections of code that are taking too long to perform their tasks.
In order to use profiling Zope has to be started with the
PROFILE_PUBLISHER environment variable set to a non-empty
value. If the variable is set to a valid filesystem path, then the
accumulated profile information will be dumped to the named file
when Zope is shut down. If the variable is simply set to a
non-empty value that is not a valid filesystem path then Zope will
still run in profiling mode, but profile information will only be
available through the web interface.
Note: Profiling will slow Zope performance significantly.
Once Zope has started in profiling mode visit your site with your Web
browser - Zope will accumulate profiling information as you are
working with your site. When you want to view the profiling
information, visit the Control Panel, click on the Debugging
information link and select the Profiling tab.
The profiling screen will show a list of methods and the amount of
time each method is taking. Multiple views are available by
changing the sort order and pushing the "update" button. The
online profiler is based on the standard Python profile module.
For specific information on the meaning of the profile
information, see the standard Python documentation for the
profile module.
When you are done profiling turn profiling off by restarting Zope
without the PROFILE_PUBLISHER environment variable set.
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