4 Steps (Components) of Becoming a Practical Vim User: A Guide for Software Developers

Learn and use VIM as a software developer in one month.

Amy Li
Level Up Coding
Published in
5 min readNov 11, 2022

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How long does it take to use terminal + Vim as your text editor?

Trust me, it won’t take very long. In my case, I have shifted from a heavy VS Code user to a Vim user within a month or so.

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Software Developer | Ph.D. in Medicine. I write about programming, productivity, personal development, and entrepreneurship. https://www.youtube.com/@amyjuanli