It is actually possible to run full interactive debuggers inside vim. Personally I think Netbeans is a little easier on the eyes when doing this, but being the

It is actually possible to run full interactive debuggers inside vim. Personally I think Netbeans is a little easier on the eyes when doing this, but being the nerd I am I had to give it a go once I found out it was possible. Here's screenshot of me doing a debugging session of a PHP file using vim/Xdebug on OSX :-) http://morganpyne.com/img/hacks/debugging-php-with-vim-and-xdebug-on-osx.png http://morganpyne.com/img/hacks/debugging-php-with-vim-and-x... There are several articles out there on using vim as a fully-fledged IDE and setting up interactive debugging: http://www.koch.ro/blog/index.php?/archives/63-VIM-an-a-PHP-IDE.html http://www.koch.ro/blog/index.php?/archives/63-VIM-an-a-PHP-... http://tech.blog.box.net/2007/06/20/how-to-debug-php-with-vim-and-xdebug-on-linux/ http://tech.blog.box.net/2007/06/20/how-to-debug-php-with-vi... http://colonelpanic.net/2010/08/debugging-php-in-vim-using-vimdebugger/ http://colonelpanic.net/2010/08/debugging-php-in-vim-using-v... Note that these are for PHP development, but I'm sure some rummaging would uncover suport for whatever langugages you work in.