java without eclipse

is it possible to be fluent in java and not love eclipse?

someone care to tell how i can compile and run in vim with one command (preferably user-defined)?

I'd usually go "!javac WhatImWorkingOn.java", then "!java WhatImWorkingOn".

This is slow.

I could see this becoming difficult because I'd need to truncate the ".class" off the filename. Make grep can be used in concurrence? Anyone got any tips?