--- product_id: 20441566 title: "Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought" brand: "drew neil" price: "£33.58" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/20441566-practical-vim-edit-text-at-the-speed-of-thought store_origin: GB region: Great Britain --- # Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought **Brand:** drew neil **Price:** £33.58 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought by drew neil - **How much does it cost?** £33.58 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/20441566-practical-vim-edit-text-at-the-speed-of-thought) ## Best For - drew neil enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted drew neil brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought ## Images ![Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81+Lnz+MV-L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Frankly a Wonderful Book *by D***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 17, 2023* Novices might feel challenged, but the author pretty much tells you to go through vimtutor if you are that new. The "tip" model is frankly excellent. You may want to google more as you go along and take your time, because no matter how much VIM you know, you really will only ever know 10% of it (the more you know, the more you know there is to know and how much richer it really is.... the universe expands outside your grasp). This is a good way to start that journey.That said, if you think you will read it front-to-back and be an expert as a newbie, you will be disappointed. This is like a series of snacks... savor them, try them out at home or the office, work them into your workflow (practice) then implement what you have learned and do it some more. Once you have finished the book, put it away for two weeks and come back and notice all the things you didn't get the first time around.If your vim is passable to start, you will get much better. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An amazing book for the most amazing editor! *by A***A on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 20, 2023* I get too excited reading this book so I prefer not to use it at night! It is a great resource once you're familiar with `vimtutor`. It is not merely a book of tricks but it proposes a coherent philosophy of how one should type and code. Definitely worth buying! ### ⭐⭐⭐ Decent book for Vim, but novices beware *by B***L on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 26, 2019* To be clear, the author stipulates that this book is "a recipe book". So the notion of novice to advanced concepts is a bit out the door, with the exception that individual chapters are designed to go from novice to advanced topics.That being said ... I would classify myself in the novice+ range with Vim. I got this book because I felt I had a firm enough grasp of concepts and could build from there.The unfortunate thing, from someone in my "skill" bracket, is that it is probably more helpful to have some of the core concepts presented earlier. For example some topics in Part III (Getting Around Faster) would be better served being introduced sooner versus later. His suggestion for the novice is to do a first pass (reading only early parts of the chapters) and then revisiting the book later. While the author is no doubt well intentioned, I'm not sure everyone has the time to do multiple passes on the book. He puts the onus on the reader to do all the leg work to find what content works for them.The problem with a recipe approach as well as the "learning curve" of Vim itself is that it is more helpful to learn the actions one will execute more frequently to reinforce the muscle memory. Learning more advanced items becomes easier once the initial struggles of moving around and handling the text editing basics are reasonably understood.What I typically found when reading the book was I was being presented with content that I would simply forget solely because it isn't on my radar as far as thing I do repeatedly. Interesting tips? By all means. Useful at a novice level? Questionable.There are also some cases where the instructions seem off, like the macros/incremental.txt example. I followed the steps but found I didn't get the extra space. I had to add it when recording the macro. This could be "user error", but I did redo this a few times to see where I went wrong, but always ended with the same results. There are other times when there is actually a context change, but it wasn't clear that happened. So the next sequence presented were no longer valid.In general, I think the book was written well and provided some good examples. However if you're a novice or novice+ type individual, you may want to stay clear and get the book once you've crept into the intermediate range.I can't help but think the book would be better served if it was split into a first part which covered basics (advanced people could skip and less advanced could work through that). Then have the more interesting/advanced tips later on. It would allow less skilled folks to get up to speed and not have to sort through what is useful and what is not. ## Frequently Bought Together - Practical Vim - tmux 2 - Mastering Vim Quickly: From WTF to OMG in no time --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/20441566-practical-vim-edit-text-at-the-speed-of-thought](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/20441566-practical-vim-edit-text-at-the-speed-of-thought) --- *Product available on Desertcart Great Britain* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-04-23*