Modern Vim
Craft Your Development Environment with Vim 8 and Neovim
by Drew Neil · first published 2018
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Why HN recommends it
Covers advanced and modern Vim usage, including plugin management and Vim 8 and Neovim features. It turns up new techniques even for long-time Vim users and suits those building a development environment.
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…the vi stuff, most IDEs nowadays have pretty good vim emulations (and thanks to to neovim, many have even perfect vim emulations). Nevertheless, for an intro into vim plugin management, a good book is "Modern Vim by Drew Neil".
on “Autocomplete as an Interface (2015)” ↗There are the Practical Vim[0] and Modern Vim[1] by D. Neil And the VimL Primer[2] by B. Klein But Vim is a whole culture that starts with ed(1), the standard editor. You do edit based on line numbers and regex addressing and commands. Then there…
on “Vim 9.2 Released” ↗That article seems somewhat out of date now. For a more up to date approach I'd suggest Drew Neil's Modern Vim book (still in beta)[1] and using async language server plugins[2] [1] https://pragprog.com/book/modvim/modern-vim [2] https://langserver.org/
on “Turning vim into an IDE through vim plugins” ↗> I still learn many great things from books like Practical Vim by Drew Neil You should also check out "Modern Vim: Craft Your Development Environment with Vim 8 and Neovim" from the same author.
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite developer-efficiency tips?” ↗Drew Neil's Modern Vim is also wonderful. While it introduces a lot of plugins in an attempt to modernize the experience, it also includes some excellent notes on standard features(qf/sessions/etc). I'll also note it covers…
on “A Vim Guide for Advanced Users” ↗Drew Neil‘s books, Practical Vim and Modern Vim are excellent.
on “Neovim 0.12.0” ↗I’d highly recommend Drew Neil’s Practical Vim[0] for much more like this; it’s broken down into easy chunks and gets into the _why_ as well as the _how_ of Vim’s techniques. Modern Vim[1], mentioned elsewhere in the comments, covers more advanced Vim usage. [0]: https://pragprog.com/book/dnvim2/practical-vim-second-editio... [1]: https://pragprog.com/book/modvim/modern-vim
on “Intermediate Vim” ↗It exists, it's called :h(elp). I've barely begun to delve into the mountain of documentation that is :h. You can read Pro Vim or Modern Vim as well.
on “Intermediate Vim” ↗…with watching some editing videos on http://vimcasts.org/ and by reading Practical Vim[1] gives a really good set of editing recipes in "pure" vim without plugins. Finally I'd also suggest the follow up Modern Vim find out about plugins and LSP support.[2] [1] https://pragprog.com/book/dnvim/practical-vim [2] https://pragprog.com/book/modvim/modern-vim
on “Learning Vim incrementally (2010)” ↗Drew Neil's awesome vimcasts¹ are available, while no longer getting updates they'll still be pretty useful. Also a /big/ fan of his Modern Vim book², even after literal years of vim use I still found a bunch of new-to-me information inside it. ¹ http://vimcasts.org/episodes ² http://vimcasts.org/blog/2018/05/modern-vim-now-shipping/
on “Vim Creep (2011)” ↗…development environment on Digital Ocean (least powered is fine for me), using blink on iOS for its mosh support. I was going to go the vim+tmux route, but I never got into tmux and I happened across Modern Vim by Drew Neil. The book describes how to use nvim's terminal emulator mode and the ability to save sessions. I am hoping this will allow me to just use nvim for coding instead of nvim+tmux. I also intend…
on “iSH – A Linux shell on iOS” ↗> "Modern Vim by Drew Neil" I took a look at that on Amazon[1], but the reviews seem to indicate that it gives a surface-level walkthrough of some of the available plugins. I'd need something that gives me a mental…
on “Autocomplete as an Interface (2015)” ↗…of job hunting? During my job hunt I have finished - Resident evil 2 remake 4 times - Resident evil 3 remake - Jedi fallen order - Crash bandicoot 1/2/3 Read: - IPv6 essentials - Programming rust - Modern VIM Had parties with friends and celebrated christmas time with family Which in my opinion are a more enjoyable way to live, other than prepping for job hunting, like all these preps, you work and you spend…
on “Job Hunting in 2022” ↗