Turn Vim into a full-blown development environment using Vim 8's new features and this sequel
to the beloved bestseller Practical Vim. Integrate your editor with tools for building testing
linting indexing and searching your codebase. Discover the future of Vim with Neovim: a fork
of Vim that includes a built-in terminal emulator that will transform your workflow. Whether
you choose to switch to Neovim or stick with Vim 8 you'll be a better developer. A serious
tool for programmers and web developers no other text editor comes close to Vim for speed and
efficiency. Make Vim the centerpiece of a Unix-based IDE as you discover new ways to work with
Vim 8 and Neovim in more than 20 hands-on tips. Execute tasks asynchronously allowing you to
continue in Vim while linting grepping building a project or running a test suite. Install
plugins to be loaded on startup - or on-demand when you need them - with Vim 8's new package
support. Save and restore sessions enabling you to quit Vim and restart again while preserving
your window layout and undo history. Use Neovim as a drop-in replacement for Vim - it supports
all of the features Vim 8 offers and more including an integrated terminal that lets you
quickly perform interactive commands. And if you enjoy using tmux and Vim together you'll love
Neovim's terminal emulator which lets you run an interactive shell in a buffer. The terminal
buffers fit naturally with Vim's split windows and you can use Normal mode commands to scroll
search copy and paste. On top of all that: Neovim's terminal buffers are scriptable. With Vim
at the core of your development environment you'll become a faster and more efficient
developer. What You Need: You'll need a Unix-based environment and an up-to-date release of Vim
(8.0 or newer). For the tips about running a terminal emulator you'll need to install Neovim.
