Modern Vim: Craft Your Development Environment with Vim 8 and Neovim

Book Information

Title

Modern Vim: Craft Your Development Environment with Vim 8 and Neovim

Author

Drew Neil

Edition

1st Edition (2018)

Publisher

Pragmatic Programmers

Structure

7 Parts, 22 Chapters, 55 Tips

Purchase

Pragmatic Programmers

Progress Tracker

Part I: Getting Modern Vim

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Get Modern Vim

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Installing Plugins

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Part II: Terminal Emulator

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Conquer the Terminal Emulator

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Part III: Asynchronous Tasks

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Run Jobs Asynchronously

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Lint Code Asynchronously

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grep Asynchronously

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Part IV: IDE Features

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Meet the Completion Menu

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Completion Sources

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Part V: Tmux Integration

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Integrate with tmux

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Part VI: Language Server Protocol

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What Is the Language Server Protocol?

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Configure Neovim’s LSP Client

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Learning Goals

After completing this book:

  • Understand async task execution in Neovim

  • Configure the terminal emulator effectively

  • Set up LSP for intelligent completion

  • Integrate Vim/Neovim with tmux

  • Use modern plugin managers (minpac, etc.)

Practical Vim vs Modern Vim

| Practical Vim | Modern Vim | |---------------|------------| | Core editing philosophy | Modern tooling | | Operators, motions, text objects | Async, LSP, terminal | | Works in any Vim | Requires Vim 8+ or Neovim | | 121 tips | 55 tips |

Neovim-Specific Notes

Since I use Neovim exclusively:

  • Some Vim 8-specific sections may differ

  • LSP chapters align with native vim.lsp

  • Terminal emulator works similarly

  • Plugin manager choices differ (lazy.nvim vs minpac)

Quick Reference (Build As You Learn)

Add commands here as you master them:

Terminal Commands
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LSP Commands
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