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stevebmark on July 9, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: I built an interactive course that helps ...

Vim is a text editor, not a code editor. IDEs are much more efficient for code edit.

olalonde on July 9, 2022 | [–]

That's wrong. Vim can be setup as an IDE and it's the IDE of choice for many developers.

the_gipsy on July 9, 2022 | | [–]

Vim is a code editor, IDEs are mouse-navigators.

jasonlotito on July 11, 2022 | [–]

vim bindings exist for IDEs as well.

You aren't always able to use an IDE.

You aren't always editing code.

You also don't have to wait on an IDE to support your language.

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