I am using Eclipse. I find it powerful but with my project it freezes or closes without warning.
I have been advised to use vim and I want to give it a try. Are there any plugins for vim that I can use to make the tool more productive and easy to use like Eclipse? I have tried Eclim, but it is just as memory hungry as Eclipse.
I use Java for product development.
Features I am looking for
- Code completion
- Refactoring
- ProjectView
- Java and HTML templates
- File search
- Debugging
- Maven integration
Every programming tool has its strength’s and weaknesses. Eclipse by and large is very useful and neat tool to use for large projects also. You should try to fine tune it to perform better.
Try How can you speed up Eclipse?
and google for it
As for vim, frankly don’t try to make one tool look like the other, instead adapt yourself to the tool. This way you will use all its strengths.
For eg, to use vi, it’s crazy in the beginning, but once you get used to it, you can’t move away. Gedit feels like a baby’s toy :).