Other Software Requirements

In Modern Vim, many of the lessons are illustrated with practical examples. You’ll learn best if you actually follow the examples, and in some cases that means you’re going to need to run other programs besides Vim.

JavaScript, Node.js, and npm

Many examples in this book are illustrated using JavaScript, which has become something of a universal language in recent years. Even if JavaScript is not your first choice for a programming language, you probably know enough “pidgin JavaScript” to be able to follow the examples in this book. All of the Vim features that are demonstrated for JavaScript can be adapted for other languages.

If you want to execute the JavaScript examples in this book, you’ll need to install ...

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