Pretty minimal vimrc, still adding to it daily :)

.vimrc

set nocompatible
set history=1000
set undolevels=1000
let mapleader=","
call pathogen#infect()

" turn off swap files and backup copies, git instead
set nobackup
set noswapfile
set nowritebackup

" Tab and indentation related stuff
set expandtab
set tabstop=2
set softtabstop=2
set shiftwidth=2
set shiftround
syntax on

set number

set hlsearch
set incsearch
set ignorecase
set showmatch

set autoindent
" autochdir is useful when using vim just generally, not in 'project' mode
" set autochdir

" When switching buffers, if a tab exists with that buffer, automatically
" switch to it
set switchbuf=usetab

filetype plugin indent on
set ruler
" highlight the currentline
set cursorline

" Color related stuff
set gfn=Inconsolata:h14
colorscheme wombat

" left and right is for navigating buffers
map <right> :tabnext<cr>
map <left>  :tabprev<cr>

" More useful shortcuts for switching between windows
map <down>  <C-w>j
map <C-j>  <C-w>j
map <up>  <C-w>k
map <C-k>  <C-w>k
map <C-h>  <C-w>h
map <C-l>  <C-w>l

set list listchars=tab:❘-,trail:·,extends:»,precedes:«

" Coffeescript syntax checking
au BufNewFile,BufReadPost *.coffee setl foldmethod=indent tabstop=2 softtabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab
au BufWritePost *.coffee silent CoffeeMake! -b | cwindow | redraw!

" Make open in new tab the default in command-t
let g:CommandTAcceptSelectionMap = '<C-t>'
let g:CommandTAcceptSelectionTabMap = '<CR>'
let g:CommandTMaxHeight = 10
let coffee_make_options = "--output /tmp"

" Custom mappings for plugins
nnoremap <leader>b :TagbarToggle<CR>
nnoremap <leader>e :Errors<CR>
nnoremap <leader>d :NERDTreeToggle<CR>

" map a leader command to trigger a full syntax highlighting redraw
nnoremap <leader>s :syntax sync fromstart<CR>

" trying out fast escape mode
imap jk <Esc>
imap fd <Esc>

" remap these last so that the other mapped commands still work as expected
map ; :
noremap ;; ;