6/12/2023 0 Comments Webstorm costMore and more, my contempt toward Vim let place to curiosity. I envied him because I didn’t feel capable to learn how to use Vim in a reasonable amount of time. He mastered a tool full of shortcuts in order to use the mouse as less as he can, and, without knowing it, I envied him. With hindsight, I may have been a bit jealous. Who wants to code with a broken IDE? It was pure nonsense. I mocked that this configuration (in my opinion) was always broken. ![]() I mocked the fact that he had to configure everything in config files. I mocked the austerity of Vim’s interface. He was persisting in his mistake to use Vim and I couldn’t do anything to dissuade him. Quickly we began to work on the same project: a tandem was born. I began to understand that this newcomer was a very interested and knowledgeable developer. I tried to show him how a good IDE with tons of features could suit his needs even better than this… Vim thing! Without success, I let him swimming in his ocean of mistakes, sad he couldn’t see the Truth as I was. How can he compares the wonderful shiny PhpStorm with this relic?Īt that point, I went in a crusade. Vim! This dinosaur! This boring terminal editor! So complex nobody knows how to use it, except the perfect nerd without life / girlfriend / whatever real things! “I don’t use PhpStorm” said the newcomer. I was curious, I began to look what tools and IDE he was using, expecting seeing the good old PhpStorm, like every good PHP developer who suffered too much with Eclipse. He was a PHP developer hired in the company I was working for. It was a newcomer who first showed me Vim. Then I will compare the two and underline what Vim brings on the table. I loved its numerous options to refactor, generate getter / properties / methods using one or two handy shortcuts.įirstly, I want to tell you my story with Vim and PhpStorm in order for you to understand how you can switch between the two. I loved the auto completion with PhpStorm! I loved the fact that you could find easily a peculiar file even within a massive codebase. ![]() ![]() We are all used to that from the beginning of times! You use a mouse, you click where you want to change or add something, somewhere. Its basic rules was simple, as simple as many text editor in the computing world. I discovered the true love of my live, called Vim.Īre you confused? Are you yelling “why” to the deaf sky? What happened between PhpStorm and me? Why a PHP developer would use this… old smelly thing called Vim? I thought I would use it all my life, happily without looking at any other editor. Once upon a time, PhpStorm was the IDE I loved. , updated Twitter #Vim #Tools #Mouseless #PHP How did I Replace PhpStorm by Vim in my Heart
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