Vim
About two / three months into working at the University of York, I began exploring alternatives IDE’s to vscode as I was getting a bit frustrated at a lot of the magic going on behind the scenes so I started to look into Vim.
Getting started
At first I was trying to piece together blog posts and YouTube videos on getting started which eventually got me to a state where I feel comfortable with it.
Looking back I think I struggled a little bit with understanding the ecosystem.
- What plugins do I need?
- How do I even load a plugin?
- Well that’s not using the XDG directory!
At the same time I was also practicing with the built-in
vimtutor program which proved to be quite effective on
helping me get down the keybindings (also a good tip is the J key is slightly raised at it’s bottom so it’s good to remember that it equates to going to the bottom / down.).
So top blogs & vids I’d recommend.