[JamieLewis]

The IDE is a big pain point of mine.

On my side projects I tend to use Vim for C++ which works fairly well after heavy customization with plugins.

At work I have tried to adopt Vim with Java but Java does not lend itself to simple developments (far too may 3rd party library imports). Eclipse is bulky and slow, doesn't customize well and constantly crashes.

I have heard emacs lends itself better to Java than Vim due to it's extensibility, but devoting the time to learning another application is not really something I want to do.

Vim is too basic for a complete IDE (and it should remain that way it is a text editor after all), Eclipse is too bulky, I want something that is just right.

[pedalpete]

Thanks Jamie,

I wish I could say Java was my target market, but unfortunately, I'm more focused on javascript. The app will of course work with Java, and it will be open-source so maybe somebody will inplement some killer Java features.

Have you tried SublimeText or LightTable? Did those not fit the bill as lighter than Eclipse but better than Vim?

[JamieLewis]

I have tried neither of those two...I have heard good things both though, maybe I will make the time to give the a try.

A Javascript IDE would be great, I remember working on some Javascript a couple of years ago and being frustrated at even getting basic autocomplete to work in any tool (Vim was the closest but lacked any context). And +1 Open Source. I look forward to giving it a try.