Neovim for Beginners — Java
We have already configured Neovim for languages like Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Lua, HTML, etc. In this article, let’s check out how we can use Neovim for Java application development.
This article is part of the Neovim for Beginners series.
The Neovim configuration files can be found in this repository.
Getting Started
Java Development Kit (JDK)
Depending on the operating system, we need to install OpenJDK or Oracle JDK.
Language Server
For the language server, we can use eclipse.jdt.ls.Installing the language server is easy by using nvim-lsp-installer.
Type the command :LspInstall jdtls to install the language server. Alternatively, type the command :LspInstallInfo, select jdtls and press i to install.
The installation folder can be found under the standard path location.
local JDTLS_LOCATION = vim.fn.stdpath "data" .. "/lsp_servers/jdtls"