Course Lessons
Real-World Vim Workflows
Estimated time: 4 minutes
🚀 Chapter 4: Putting It All Together
You've mastered Vim's undo system, visual modes, and text objects. Now it's time to combine these powerful tools in realistic editing scenarios. This chapter will give you practical experience with the workflows that make Vim users incredibly efficient.
The Professional Workflow
Key Insight: Expert Vim users don't think about individual commands - they think about transformations. Instead of "move cursor, select text, change", they think "change this function name" and execute ciw automatically.
This chapter will help you develop that intuitive workflow through realistic challenges.
What You'll Practice
- • Combining text objects with visual mode for complex selections
- • Using undo strategically during large refactoring tasks
- • Choosing the right tool for each editing situation
- • Working efficiently with realistic code scenarios
Your Vim Toolkit
You now have these powerful tools in your arsenal:
- • Undo system - u, Ctrl-r, g-, g+ for fearless experimentation
- • Visual modes - v, V, Ctrl-v for precise selections
- • Text objects - iw, i", ci(, dap for logical editing
Time to use them together like a pro!