Attaining vim Fluency: Edit as Fast as You Think

If you've worked through "vimtutor" but still feel slow in vim, we want to help! In this workshop you will learn and practice with a treasure trove of tips to help you edit faster. We will cover: how to get the most out of every mode, working with multiple files, windows and tabs, getting around files faster, working with registers and macros, and how to supercharge finding and substitution commands. At the end you should have a handful of favorite tricks to start using and a reference to continue developing your vim skills.

Pre-Workshop Instructions: Before the session, please be sure that you have access to vim either on your laptop, or by SSHing into Adroit (request account).

More Software Engineering Training

Below is the full line-up of the Winter 2026 software engineering training by Research Computing:

Good Practices for Research Software Engineering on 1/12
Intro to Version Control with Git and GitHub on 1/12
Attaining vim Fluency: Edit as Fast as You Think on 1/13
Creating Reusable Python Code: From Notebooks to Scripts to Packages on 1/13
How to Package and Publish Your Python Code on 1/14
Gotcha! How to Write Software Tests to Improve Code Quality on 1/14
Debugging and Profiling Code in Python on 1/15
Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) with GitHub Workflows on 1/15
Tools That Help You Write Better Code on 1/16
Introduction to Software Reverse Engineering with Ghidra on 1/16

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See the entire Research Computing Winter 2026 training program.

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