Comment by Ivan Vega on "Why do some developers prefer vim over nano even though nano is much simpler to work with?"

Even if you just learn less than 10 keys/shortcuts, you'll be way more productive with vim. Usually I work in an IDE, but I also use SSH a lot so when I go into a server that does not have vim it sure is a pain.

Why not use Putty or WinSCP?

@mjwrazor not sure what that would accomplish

@ivanyv I guess I misunderstood the context of using Vim. I have only ever used vim on a machine on the same network. I have never developed on a server I could actually touch so I use putty to talk to the server, which I guess I use vim on putty. but I also use WinSCP when I would rather use a text editor on my local machine like sublime or codeyourcloud if I want to save a copy of the files in google drive.

I would much rather edit my files in sublime than in a text editor like Vim which to me seems tedious to downright archaic in terms of modern editor technologies.

@mjwrazor gotcha, though I think maybe you're a bit confused. SSH is a protocol not an app, the apps you mention work over it, and I guess you actually need those in Windows. Mac/*nix systems are different in that regard. And not to start a flame war, but vim is anything but archaic (pretty much as powerful as Sublime, though both have their advantages obviously).

@ivanyv You make a good point and yes I was confused. Also you press the use of vim so heartedly maybe I didnt dive into the editor as much as I should have. It could of been the professor who taught us only touched on fundamentals. Which I wouldn't be so surprised since every class seemed rushed. Il have to take a second look.

@mjwrazor glad to be of help. Learning vim fully takes a lot of dedication to be sure, so might not be worth your time. Like I mentioned in my answer, if you get familiar with a few keys/shortcuts, it will be all you need to always choose vim over nano. It's been years since I used vim as my main editor (I mostly use an IDE now), but whenever you SSH into a server it's a timesaver.

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