Why every software engineer should use vim
Conquer the “quitting vim” fear and give it a go
It might seem like an overstatement at first and you might be furious or laughing depending on the kind of person you are, that a random vim enthusiast from the internet saying that every software engineer should use vim. But I hope you will have five minutes of your time to hear my reasoning and make your decision based on that.
I will not beat around the bush and directly get to the point:
- Vim kind of has a language of its own. If you master vim you can use it in every text editor and even in browser (yes you heard it right!).
- You grow always learning mentality.
- You will be really fast!
- It’s fun.
Vim kind of has a language of its own. If you master vim you can use it in every text editor
Many people have kind of a misunderstanding that if you use vim you have to use 1980’s UI/UX in terminal with no intellisense, debugger or any 21st-century features and you have to do load tons of customization. It’s totally a myth. You can use vim as a plugin in Intellij, vscode, sublime and almost all the IDE and use the latest and greatest IDE features and with zero customization.