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Worth learning vim/emacs? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by haakon@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/programming
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Im considering spending some serious time learning one of the above. Two principle engineers I work with exclusively use them, and watching them work is incredible, the speed they move and get things done is pure wizadry. Can anyone learn this skill? For what it's worth, the alternative is learning VScode. I’ve exclusive used Android Studio in my career.

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[–] Elw@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

I'm quite biased, but I think it's great to learn vim. The best advice I've ever heard for beginners is "don't feel like you have to use the command line vim, start with gvim or the vim mode for VSCode and gradually try to use more and more vim keys". Check out ThePrimeagen on Youtube too. He's not everyone's cup of tea but he's got some really good playlists for getting started.