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Beyond basic modal editing. Using vim's command-line mode.

Most people learn vim’s normal, insert, and visual modes. But they’re only casually acquainted with vim’s powerful Ex commands. Let’s take a look at some.
German Velasco
September 23, 2020
- Vim
On Quitting Vim

Vim has a reputation for being hard to quit. But it turns out there are so many ways to get out of it — it’s like vim wants you to quit. Let’s look at a few.
German Velasco
April 21, 2020
- Vim
Modern TypeScript and React Development in Vim

Learn how to imbue your vim setup with the power of the TypeScript language server.
Wil Hall
March 23, 2020
- Vim
- TypeScript
- React
- JavaScript
Supercharge Your Elixir and Phoenix Navigation with vim-projectionist

Toggle between alternate files, edit files by type, and create files with templates — all with vim-projectionist. If you’ve never used it, you’re in for a treat.
German Velasco
November 18, 2019
- Vim
- Elixir
- Phoenix
Profiling Vim

Vim enables you to edit text rapidly, but what do you do when Vim itself is slow? Profile!
Chris Thorn
July 15, 2019
- Vim
- Performance
- Tools
Announcing: Our Online Learning Platform Upcase is Now Free!

We’ve got some big news about our online learning platform Upcase, and we think you’re gonna love it!
Chris Toomey
October 18, 2018
- News
- Upcase
- Rails
- Web
- Git
- Vim
- tmux
Write good commit messages by blaming others

To write good commit messages, you must read commit messages. And to read commit messages, you must use git blame effectively.
German Velasco
September 3, 2018
- Git
- Vim
- DevTools
- Tools
- Productivity
Dive Into Neovim & Vim 8, Now on Upcase

Pump up your Neovim and Vim 8 workflow with our latest course from Upcase!
Jason Ramirez
July 4, 2017
- News
- Upcase
- Vim
- Neovim
Learning Vim in a Week

From the Boston Vim Meetup, Mike Coutermarsh shows how to get set up, and eventually productive, with Vim.
Thom Obarski
March 24, 2017
- Vim
- Boston
Evil Mode: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Emacs

From the Boston Vim Meetup, Aaron Bieber discusses his experience using Evil mode in Emacs.
Thom Obarski
March 17, 2017
- Emacs
- Vim
- Boston
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