Learning Vim in a Week - Speaker Deck

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Learning Vim in a Week Mike Coutermarsh @mscccc Boston Vim

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Our Goal: Use @ Work

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“LEARNING VIM IS HARD”

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Advice from Tom

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“Sometimes you gotta work a little so you can ball a lot”

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INVESTING IN YOURSELF

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Before you start, you should know.

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Different from everything you’ve used before 1

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don’t start @ work 2

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break up with your 3

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But can it…? 4 yes, yes it can.

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Always a better way 5

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Learn something every week 6

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LET’S REVIEW

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1. It’s different 2. Not @ work 3. break up with your 4. But can it…? 5. Always a better way 6. Learn every week

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Hack your Keyboard

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Remap Caps Lock to ESC OSX: https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/seil.html.en

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Speed up your key repeat OSX: https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/

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Basics

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There are Modes

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Basics

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Commands

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C I ) Change

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C I ) Change Inside

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C I ) Change Inside Parens

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C I ) Change Inside Parens

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Say them in your head

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Get the Cheat Sheet http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial.html

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Configuring Vim

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~/.vimrc your new best friend

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version control your vimrc

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Steal your friends dotfiles

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Me: https://github.com/mscoutermarsh/dotfiles ! Thoughtbot: https://github.com/thoughtbot/dotfiles

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Where to actually start learning

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$ vimtutor do this, a lot

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vim-adventures.com

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Screen Casts watch others use Vim

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VimCasts: http://vimcasts.org/ ! Upcase: https://upcase.com/vim

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Plugins for development

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Ctrl-P https://github.com/kien/ctrlp.vim

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NERDTree https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree

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AG for Vim https://github.com/rking/ag.vim

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rails.vim https://github.com/tpope/vim-rails

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vim-rspec https://github.com/thoughtbot/vim-rspec

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ONE LAST REVIEW

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1. Caps lock -> ESC 2. Do vimtutor 3. Watch screencasts 4. Steal from your friends 5. Learning vim is a process!