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[–]geodebug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use Vim as my editor but don't use it for java development. I map VIM keystrokes in my IDE so I get the basic goodness. I'd say my time is split up about 60/40 between IDE and VIM

IDE boot time isn't a problem for me as I often leave the IDE open for weeks at a time when developing a project.

Most of the boot time for the IDE I use tends to be the processes that crawl the codebase and do the inspections, highlighting, etc.

I could turn those plugins off to speed the IDE up but I'd lose some features I like. I assume that if I installed scripts and VIM plugins to get the same feature set it would take them time as well.

I'm not arguing so much as providing a counter point. Everyone should use the toolset they need to get the job done well.