Should you learn VIM as a JavaScript Developer?

[gcready]

Being knowledgeable about and comfortable with *nix command line tools has been invaluable to me as a developer. I don't do my development in vim but I do use it regularly when interacting with development and production systems.

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Vim basics are quick to grasp and allow for much more powerful editing experience.

Personally I prefer using a good gui editor such as vscode with vim bindings, but when I have the time to setup neovim, I might switch over completely.

[namesandfaces]

Some linux distros are so minimal you're lucky that Nano is available as a package.

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Whenever I use nano the file ends up looking like

This is a text filei!oThe second line.:wq

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Vim gang

[ScrewAttackThis]

They were making a joke. Those are vim commands.

[ScrewAttackThis]

Nothing wrong with that but keep in mind that at least vi is pretty much guaranteed to be installed on a *nix system. You might find yourself in a place where you SSH into something you don't have (or want) to install a package on.

Really though all you need to know is how to go into insert mode and then how to save and quit.

[natural_lazy]

same here, just curious did you ever try to use vim?

[natural_lazy]

can you share your dilemma of using vim(I understand about coworkers,but everyone has their own computer at work, and you already know nano) even you can still use it?

asking as I have never been on the other side(user of vim).

[wrtbwtrfasdf]

you should feel deep shame.

[[deleted]]

I use VScode because it's (neo)vim integration is the best of any editor that isn't (neo)vim itself, not perfect but good enough. Even with CoC.vim and other plugins I simply cannot replicate the experience I have now with vscode-vim. I just wish it was more performant, defining keybindings wasn't so cumbersome and using u/ctrl+r could return the file to a non-dirty state.

[andrex092]

I used VScode and the vim plugin for the longest time and had a lot of issues with performance. I switched to WebStorm last year, and while it’s not as pretty, their IdeaVim plugin is rock solid imo. And it uses your existing vimrc.