Programming Java with Vim
java, vim
Solution
You need Java SE Development Kit (JDK) to develop Java. Download JDK 6 Update 14 from the page. Modify your path to include `bin` folder so you can call `javac`, the Java compiler and `java` command. Another tool you wanna learn is ant, which lets you compile multiple files all at once, run tests, etc.. Also see Configure vi for Java application development.
Edit: Adding link to What are the necessary environment variables one should set after installing JDK on Windows and how?
Problem
I have tested many editors out there, but Vim makes me addictive. I really wish to use Vim in all of my programming. I just tried to start learning the Java programming language and I have a huge book that I'm trying to start to read for that purpose, but the sad thing about it is that I don't have either a Java compiler or a .class file reader (called a JVM I think, but maybe I am just a noob too and I already have them but don't know how they work). I do not wish to use another editor than Vim, that is not my purpose. I know that Vim can call external commands to compile and that I might have to enter some stuff in my _vimrc to let him do so (I use Windows Vista, sad, I know) but I have no idea what to look for and I have searched for days. Any Vim-lovers experts around that could give me a hand out? I see that little Vim command called :javac and it pisses me off to know it's not working yet...