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Agreed, with Lombok/Spring/Spring Data and zero xml config these days Java project verbosity has dropped crazily low. It's just nice to hate on it, I'd still always use an IDE because I can't remember the exact APIs for everything! :)

re spring class names, this is always fun http://java.metagno.me/ shows generally reasonable names, but still some gems like "ComplexPortletApplicationContext.MyHandlerAdapter"

The good news is that Java has gotten much less verbose than it used to be.

The bad news is that umpty million programmers tried Java before that happened, decided they hated it, and now will never look at it again.

As the saying goes, you never get a second chance to make a first impression.

IntelliJ has a good vim plugin. It is the best of both worlds for me.