diff --git a/website/source/_daily_emails/2022-08-25.md b/website/source/_daily_emails/2022-08-25.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..50f1333c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/source/_daily_emails/2022-08-25.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +--- +title: "Why I work in Neovim" +tags: ["vim", "neovim"] +permalink: "/archive/2022/08/25/why-i-work-in-neovim" +--- + +Over a year ago, I posted that I was [switching to using Neovim full-time]({{site.url}}/blog/going-full-vim) for my development work. + +I'd used Vim one file at a time on remote servers, and added Vim plugins in other IDEs and editors, so I was already familiar with a lot of the key bindings and motions before I decided to use it full-time. + +Still, it was tough to begin with, but once I'd learned how to configure Neovim, I also learned that being able to customise and extend it as much as you need to is one of its main advantages compared to other IDEs and code editors. + +TJ DeVries - a Neovim core team member - has recently coined the term "PDE" (a personalised development environment) which, for me, describes Neovim perfectly. + +Currently, I have a fuzzy-finder to quickly open files (as well as many other things), an LSP client to add code intelesense, auto-completion, refactoring tools, custom snippets, and very recently, a database client and a HTTP client. + +Just as important to me, I've found a growing community of other Neovim users who stream on Twitch, post YouTube videos, write blog posts, or publish their dotfiles for others to see and reference. + +I've learned Lua. Not just for my own Neovim configuration, but I recently wrote and open-sourced my own simple plugin. + +Like Git, I enjoy and prefer using tools that I can configure and adapt to my workflow. + +Given Neovim's flexibility and configurability, its expanding feature set both in core and community plugins, and the growing community, I think that Neovim is going to be something that I continue to use and adapt for a long time.