VIM and Drupal 8

VIM and Drupal 8

Drupal Madrid - January 2016

Juampy NR - @juampynr

Juampy NR - @juampynr

Senior Developer

Index

Background
Setup
Basic editing
Directory browsing
Searching
Navigating through code
Window management
Debugging

Background

Why did I change from this… :-D

Into this? :-S

Because of this? ;-)

Basic editing

Setup

I use a slightly modified version of the spf13 distribution.

              
sudo apt-get -y install vim vim-gnome exuberant-ctags
cp ~/projects/Ubuntu-Installer/.ctags ~/
curl http://j.mp/spf13-vim3 -L -o - | sh
cp ~/projects/Ubuntu-Installer/.vimrc.local ~/
cp ~/projects/Ubuntu-Installer/.vimrc.before.local ~/

Source: Ubuntu installer script.

Directory browsing (NERDTree plugin)

Searching (grep + CtrlP + tags)

Navigating through code (Tagbar plugin)

Window management (tabs and buffers)

Debugging a request(Vdebug plugin)

Debugging a script(Vdebug plugin + Drush)

How to start using VIM?

Links

Type vimtutor and follow the tutorial for basic usage.
Install the spf13 distribution.
Take your time to read the docs of each plugin.
Test your skills and learn by playing VIMGolf.
Get the latest book: Practical VIM.

Thanks! Questions?

Want to work at Lullabot? Then talk to me.

VIM and Drupal 8 Drupal Madrid - January 2016 Juampy NR - @juampynr