Vim For Developers

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Vim is lightweight, extensible, and incredibly productive.

Functionality-wise, it is as productive as full-blown IDEs (with language servers!) — while taking megabytes, not gigabytes, of RAM, and being many times faster.

This book is a shortcut for anyone who wants to get up-to-speed and start using Vim for development immediately.

It focuses on productivity from the very first chapter and flattens the learning curve for you.

It's packed with tips on setting up Vim and introduces many awesome plugins for a modern IDE-like experience (smart code completion, refactoring, linting, formatting, searching, etc.). Plus just enough theory to get by.

You will learn how to use Vim and adjust it to your needs.

Start your journey to become a better developer with this comprehensive guide to Vim.

Quick highlights:

😍 Productive from Chapter 1

📈 Gradually improve your workflow with each chapter

💥 Transform into a feature-packed IDE by the book's end

👶 Beginner-friendly with clear explanations

💻 Focused on practicality, learn what you need for efficient work only.

🔄 Constantly improving. Get the current version + all the subsequent updates as they come out.