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A Vim Guide for Adept Users

This is the fourth part of this series to learn Vim from the ground up:

Learning to play vim
If you like my articles about Vim, I’m currently writing an ambitious book about The Best Editor™ with many more tips!

Dave, your colleague developer, just read Vim for Advanced Users before going to bed. He wonders what’s next: Vim for Unstoppable Creators? Vim for Godlike Developers? On these reassuring thoughts, he falls into a deep sleep.

Is Inheritance That Evil?

“You used inheritance in your code! Are you crazy? It’s forbidden! It’s clearly written in the Laws and Mantras of Good Software Practice Everyone Must Follow™ hanged in the toilets!”

Your thoughts about the nice Youtube video full of cute dogs you saw yesterday stop abruptly. Anxious, you look on your right: Dave, your colleague developer, is yelling at Davina, your desk neighbor. All three of you are working for the fantastic company MegaCorpMoneyMaker, the famous e-commerce which can sell ice to penguins.

A Vim Guide for Advanced Users

Welcome to the third part of this series aimed to help you unleash a power never seen on Earth using the Almighty Vim.

Learning to play vim
If you like my articles about Vim, I’m currently writing an ambitious book about The Best Editor™ with many more tips!

We’ll see together in this article:

Understanding the Imposter Syndrome

“I am sorry to say that we decided against moving you to the next stage of the process, primarily for missing some essential tech skills”.

This was the email I received end of October 2020. It was the fourth rejection after spending a huge amount of time going through hiring processes, technical interviews, technical tests, and other joys. I didn’t understand what was happening: every company I worked with was happy about my work, my skills, and my involvement. As a professional developer for 10 years, I never had so many rejections in this short amount of time.

A Vim Guide for Intermediate Users

Welcome to the second part of this series aimed to make you a better Vim user!

Learning to play vim
If you like my articles about Vim, I’m currently writing an ambitious book about The Best Editor™ with many more tips!

In this article, I’ll explain more concepts, some of them making Vim truly special compared to other editors. Who wasn’t blown away discovering Vim’s macros?