Lighting fast editor with a steep learning curve
April 27, 2020
Lighting fast editor with a steep learning curve
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Vim
VIM is used as an editor all over the whole organization, mostly used as a convenient editor in remote Linux servers. Usually, a full development environment does not exist in those servers. Vim, which is bundled in most of the Linux distributions, comes as a handy tool in those environments. Some people, including me, use it as the main editor, even the main development environment.
- Lightweight
- Bundled in most Linux distributions.
- Very efficient once you get familiar with it.
- Steep learning curve.
- Steep learning curve means lower than average efficiency at the beginning.
- After getting familiar, it is so efficient that you will never want to use other editors.
- Good return on investment for serious editor/developers, may not be good for casual ones.
- Notepad++
Notepad++, while being a great editor, is very easy to get familiar with. However, being a serious developer, having the most efficient tool is much more important than having an easy tool. Vim’s speed is very much faster than that of notepad++. Moreover, the amount of plugins for Vim is much more comprehensive.
Do you think Vim delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Vim's feature set?
Yes
Did Vim live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Vim go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Vim again?
Yes