Vim: An Old Tool for Modern Web Development

Slides from a talk I gave at the November 2013 Boston Vim Meetup, and the Ultimate Developer Event (#UDE2013).

Transcript

1. Vim An Old Tool for Modern Web Dev Friday, November 22, 13
2. Chris Toomey thoughtbot Boston Vim Friday, November 22, 13
3. Chris Toomey @christoomey christoomey http://ctoomey.com Friday, November 22, 13
4. Why Vim? Friday, November 22, 13
5. Vim’s been here awhile 1976 1991 2013 vi 2008 2004 Friday, November 22, 13
6. Core Depth Adaptability Extensibility Friday, November 22, 13
7. Core Friday, November 22, 13
8. A language for editing text Friday, November 22, 13
9. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1218390/what-is-your-most-productive-shortcut-with-vim Friday, November 22, 13
10. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags Friday, November 22, 13
11. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1218390/what-is-your-most-productive-shortcut-with-vim Friday, November 22, 13
12. Modes Insert Normal Visual Operator-pending Command Select Visual-block Friday, November 22, 13
13. Modes Insert Normal Visual Operator-pending Command Select Visual-block Friday, November 22, 13
14. Modes Normal Visual Operator-pending Command Select Visual-block Insert Friday, November 22, 13
15. Friday, November 22, 13
16. A Language Verb Subject • d - Delete • y - Yank • c - Change • v - Visually select • gU - Uppercase • etc • i’ - Inside quotes • w - end of the word • iw - inner word • aw - a word • t<char> - unTil char • f<char> - find char • ap - a paragraph • 2j - down two lines • etc Friday, November 22, 13
17. A Language Verb Subject • d - Delete • y - Yank • c - Change • v - Visually select • gU - Uppercase • etc • i’ - Inside quotes • w - end of the word • iw - inner word • aw - a word • t<char> - unTil char • f<char> - find char • ap - a paragraph • 2j - down two lines • etc Friday, November 22, 13
18. A Language Verb Subject • d - Delete • y - Yank • c - Change • v - Visually select • gU - Uppercase • etc • i’ - Inside quotes • w - end of the word • iw - inner word • aw - a word • t<char> - unTil char • f<char> - find char • ap - a paragraph • 2j - down two lines • etc Friday, November 22, 13
19. A Language Verb Subject • d - Delete • y - Yank • c - Change • v - Visually select • gU - Uppercase • etc • i’ - Inside quotes • w - end of the word • iw - inner word • aw - a word • t<char> - unTil char • f<char> - find char • ap - a paragraph • 2j - down two lines • etc Friday, November 22, 13
20. c a w Change a Word Friday, November 22, 13
21. d i ] Delete In Bracket Friday, November 22, 13
22. y t M Yank ‘Till M Friday, November 22, 13
23. Typing is not the bottleneck Friday, November 22, 13
24. Friday, November 22, 13
25. Depth Friday, November 22, 13
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27. Markdown ## Heading (level 2) Heading (level 2) --------------------- Friday, November 22, 13
28. •Depth •Composition •... Friday, November 22, 13
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30. Adaptability Friday, November 22, 13
31. Friday, November 22, 13
32. Extensibility Friday, November 22, 13
33. Extensibility • commentary • ruby-block • CtrlP • markdown-folding • voom • nerd-tree • sparkup • surround • youcompleteme Friday, November 22, 13
34. What Next •Try Vim `vimtutor` •Vimcasts •thoughtbot Learn •Vim tips wiki Friday, November 22, 13
35. Chris Toomey @christoomey christoomey http://ctoomey.com Friday, November 22, 13