![]() I won’t cover here how to do a PHP IDE out of Vim since I wrote another article on the topic. Do you want to replace PhpStorm with something more powerful and versatile? Do you want to be sure that Vim is the good choice? Here we are finally: the comparison between PhpStorm and Vim. At first, I just wanted to use it for editing configuration or text files, not for actually coding, too afraid that it would put down my productivity. More and more, I asked tips to my tandem in order to learn how to use The Beast. Due to the pleasure I had with my new typing techniques, I slowly decided to give Vim a chance. I knew as well that Vim was designed for this type of typing. You feel definitely faster and more in control of your computer. Quickly I began to understand the power of this typing method. I wanted to use typists techniques: using the home row keys and my ten fingers. I wanted at the same moment to get rid of my very bad habit of typing with two or three fingers. Moreover, I wanted to learn a maximum from my fellow work tandem before leaving for new and crazy adventures. My decision opened new horizons and a true desire to learn more about everything. I wasn’t happy at that time, till I decided to quit the company I was working for. Learning to type like true crazy typists.The hate became love when I decided two things: My attraction and curiosity toward Vim kept growing and growing. More 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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