Vimified
Learning and science
online course
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How HN took it
4 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 17 critical, out of 34 comments about the project. Thread score -0.28.
Idea: 1 for, 5 againstExecution: 0 for, 5 againstDocs: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Visually appealing web design
From 1 comment
It's visually appealing. I really like the web design. Congrats!
sashevuchkov on HN
Good idea for teaching Vim with practice on code snippets
From 1 comment
Amazing. I came into programming from a bit of an unorthodox professional background. When I started learning web app development in a serious way, I got blindsided by some of…
vogt on HN
Objections
Paid course is not disclosed clearly enough up front
From 1 comment
*interactive paid course. That should be disclosed above the fold, methinks.
sneak on HN
Free resources like vimtutor and :help already cover this
From 2 comments
> Let me know what you guys think about it :) Same as the last time you posted it: learning Vim has nothing to do with muscle memory and doing it outside of Vim is pointless.…
johncoltrane on HNJust type "vimtutor". If you have vim you should also have vimtutor.
phkahler on HN
Course seems too early or basic for the price
From 1 comment
I love projects that popularize vim. But I think this one might be in a way too early stage to justify the pricing (assuming those 8 lessons are all there is).
mastermedo on HN
Learning Vim does not build muscle memory by practicing outside Vim
From 1 comment
> Let me know what you guys think about it :) Same as the last time you posted it: learning Vim has nothing to do with muscle memory and doing it outside of Vim is pointless.…
johncoltrane on HN
Requests
Cover plugins such as surround
From 1 comment
I see that there's a pretty big miss in the syllabus: surround! yes, true, it's not "official" but rather a plugin, but you can't really do without it, can you?
giansegato on HN
Explain why vim is slower at first and when it pays off
From 1 comment
My pet peeve is Vim tutorials that start with "use hjkl to move around" instead of "use `set mouse=a` to turn on the mouse." In my opinion you need to make sure that you are very…
MatthiasPortzel on HN
Fix email registration with .dev addresses
From 1 comment
Tried to register using my `.dev` email address: "Invalid email"
ezfe on HN
Questions
Is learning Vim worth it for C# developers
From 1 comment
I write C# three days a week. Is learning vim worth it?
imperistan on HN
Is there something similar for Emacs
From 1 comment
Anything like this for editing in Emacs?
loginNSR on HN
Alternatives named
vimtutor
From 2 comments
Just type "vimtutor". If you have vim you should also have vimtutor.
phkahler on HNHi, I understand where you're coming from. My introduction to vim was through vimtutor and it was free! I agree with your point about muscle memory. Learning !== muscle memory.…
Silica6149 on HN
Shortcutfoo
From 1 comment
How does yours compare to shortcutfoo.com?
quest88 on HN
Vimvalley
From 1 comment
This looks interesting. I also paid for https://vimvalley.com/ and am a satisfied customer.
smitty1e on HN
Vim.so
From 1 comment
Congrats on launching :) I built a pretty similar tool last year [1]. This looks like it has some nice improvements over the stuff I did with mine. Wish I had the time to improve…
CoffeePython on HN
Practical Vim book
From 1 comment
Please just read Practical Vim if you’re going to double down on using Vim. All of these tutorials are the minimal basics. Vim forces you to glue together lots of inefficient…
stevebmark on HN