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Mastering Vim

By : Ruslan Osipov
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Mastering Vim

By: Ruslan Osipov

Overview of this book

Vim is a ubiquitous text editor that can be used for all programming languages. It has an extensive plugin system and integrates with many tools. Vim offers an extensible and customizable development environment for programmers, making it one of the most popular text editors in the world. Mastering Vim begins with explaining how the Vim editor will help you build applications efficiently. With the fundamentals of Vim, you will be taken through the Vim philosophy. As you make your way through the chapters, you will learn about advanced movement, text operations, and how Vim can be used as a Python (or any other language for that matter) IDE. The book will then cover essential tasks, such as refactoring, debugging, building, testing, and working with a version control system, as well as plugin configuration and management. In the concluding chapters, you will be introduced to additional mindset guidelines, learn to personalize your Vim experience, and go above and beyond with Vimscript. By the end of this book, you will be sufficiently confident to make Vim (or its fork, Neovim) your first choice when writing applications in Python and other programming languages.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Summary

In the final chapter of this book, we've looked at Seven habits of effective text editing—Bram Moolenaar's article, which primes you to detect inefficiencies in your workflow, correct them, and turn them into a habit.

We've also exposed some ways in which you can continue using Vi-like editing experience in other IDEs and text editors, web browsers (through the likes of Vimium), and everywhere else (through vim-anywhere or Text Editor Anywhere).

We've also covered some of the ways to get in touch with Vim users and developers: through mailing lists, IRC channels, Reddit, and other mediums. We've also touched on some some learning resources, including Vim Tips Wiki and Learn Vimscript the Hard Way.

Happy Vimming!