What are some good plugins for developing Java in VIM?

Question

I love vim, but not having things like IntelliSense/Code completion from Eclipse makes it pretty difficult. I know, I know, I should be able to look at method signatures and jav

Answer 1

Don't write Java in Vim — put Vim inside a Java IDE:

• IdeaVIM for IntelliJ
• viPlugin or Eclim for Eclipse
• jVi or ViEx for NetBeans

I love Vim, but using an IDE for Java is the only way to stay sane. A decent Java IDE will:

• Show invalid syntax or type errors
• Show missing JavaDoc
• Manage import statements for you
• Highlight unused methods and variables
• Safely perform powerful refactorings such as moving methods or renaming classes -- (no, search and replace doesn't cut it, I promise)
• Reformat your code automatically or on-demand

Vim can't do the above, but you can use all the Vim keybindings in a program which does.