2023-11-23

Vim my new go to editor?

So let's talk code editors today. I used to be a big fan of Visual Studio code because of the extensions system but I always had a lot of useless extensions. Then I switched over to the jetbrains ide's but I don't want to have a hard time setting up projects to my liking. That's where vim comes in. I started to use vim while in the 42 piscine because the exams are in vim and I didn't like it from the start but I wanted to give it a chance. Then I started to use it more for all my projects that weren't web related. For web im still a big fan of vscode because it has all my extensions that i'm used to. But for other projects I now always use vim.

Is vim my ride or die then? Well not really. I'm still in the beginning stages of using vim so I sometimes switch back for a little bit to something else but I'm really liking the simplicity vim offers me. The learning curve is definetly steeper and that's where the old question comes in how to exit vim. Also using only your keyboard can be a challenge but since I started my mouse usage has become like 10% of what it used to be in vscode. I'm still using some vim plugins also to make life a bit more enjoyable and to make vim a little more pretty. At the moment I use vim-plug as my plugin manager and Nerdtree, coc.nvim and devicons as my plugins. I'm still looking for some more plugins so if you guys have any don't hesitate to contact me about them. I hope you guys enjoyed reading this small post about my new code editor and I will see you guys next time!