[Accacin]

I started to use Vim maybe six months ago and I found it obviously quite difficult to start with but I took it quite slow. I use Visual Studio at work and installed VsVim so I practiced VIM at work and at home on personal projects I used Vim exclusively.

To start off I used no addons at all, and didn't use any for probably a month or two. I'm a front end developer and spend most of my time in Javascript and Rails at home to give you an idea of what tasks I'd do in Vim.

Eventually I started to notice things I found hard in Vim and slowly set about finding some addons to complement my usage, maybe just two or three at a time. I still probably only use about ten addons so it's not too heavy.

Was it worth it? I'd say so, I'm still learning but I can do most things without using the keyboard although I'm certain there are more simple and elegant ways to do things in Vim heh.

Oh and the best tip I heard? Don't place anything in your .vimrc you don't understand.