Re: vim suitable for professional software development?

> 1) Let's assume your vim configuration is broken at work and you can't
How does this differ from other solutions?
Use version control system to manage your plugins.

Installing latest plugins can be done easily by plugin management
systems such as VAM/Vundle/NeoBundle.
Some details / links look here: http://vim-wiki.mawercer.de/wiki/topic/vim%20plugin%20managment.html

> 2) I'm not familiar with frameworks like Spring, Tomcat or Maven.
> * But how much do they depend on some vim plugin? I mean, is it possible
> to work without a vim plugin? I assume, they make the repeated tasks of
> your work very easy and fast.

Look Vim / Eclipse are not the same. They are not exclusive either, eg
google for eclim. Also you may find yourself doing some tasks in Vim,
others in Eclipse.
(While Eclim works, I found completion to be slower).

Browsing code in Eclipse might be nicer, because you have more windows
to understand class relations and such.

Well - There is also viplugin for some vi editing features within
Eclipse.

Vim plugins will never be as complete as Eclipse (eg refactoring).

> => I have also very little experience with vim or shell scripting,
> therefore i fear that someday i can't write a convenience plugin/script
> and have to work in a (compared to e.g. eclipse) inefficient way - or
> change the editor, because the support fore that language/framework is
> not enough.
If you're worrying about 20min, then you will not even get started with
writing plugins.
Tip: HAve a look at plugins you already know, have a look at their dev
history to get an understanding how much work writing a plugin can be
(depending on the topic)

> 3) GUI development. I've learned recently that vim's intention is just
> not to be a GUI builder for some language. But,
It will never be. In fact Vim's gui is broken by design
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/vim_dev/Ruby$20abort$20vim$20marc/vim_dev/irITPpKnTP8/Osl0AHJUH60J

Neovim (a fork of Vim might fix this in the future)

A good rule of thumb (looks like you're new to Java as well) is: Use
what your colleagues use, then they'll be able to help.

If you want vi like editing features, get viplugin.

Vim does not debug java well either (maybe there are some plugins, but
you have to setup class path and whatnot).

> => As a beginner, i don't understand the complexity of the connection
> between the GUI Builder and vim,

A lot of your questions will go away if you get to know your tools
better.

Please note: There is also Emacs/Idea/Netbeans/.. Thus your question Vim
vs Eclipse is to narrow as well. Both Idea/Netbeans have Vi like plugins
as well.

Oh, by the way: You may want to look into alternatives to Java as well
such as Scala / Groovy (eg gradle is using that).

Rule of thumb: Always use the best tool for a job. If its about text
editing (and code happens to be that) Vim often is a good fit.

Marc Weber

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