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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)

Build, Test, and Execute

This chapter will focus on version control and the surrounding process, as well as building and testing code. You will learn to do the following:

  • Working with version control (and Git in particular) if you haven't already
  • Learning to productively use Git and Vim together
  • Comparing and merging files with vimdiff.Resolve Git conflicts using vimdiff
  • Using tmux, screen, or Vim terminal mode to multitask and execute shell commands
  • Using quickfix and location lists to capture warnings and errors
  • Building and testing code using the built-in :make command and plugins
  • Running syntax checkers manually and by using plugins