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This document discusses improving text editing for Perl developers. It outlines some annoyances with basic text editors like slowing down development. An effective text editor can help developers by providing code snippets, file templates, auto-completion and other features to reduce typing and errors. The document recommends using the Janus text editor plugin collection for Vim, which provides these kinds of features to make editing Perl code faster and easier. It provides instructions for installing Janus and highlights some of its initial capabilities.
Vimperl
- 1. Effective Text Editing for Perl Developers Ynon Perek [email protected]
- 2. Agenda What’s Wrong with my editor? Can you fix it? Should I Switch Editors?
- 3. ! text editors slow you down Keynote Template
- 4. Reasons to be angry • A text editor always slows you down • Some are worse than others
- 6. Some annoyances with “naive” text editors • Writing code • Navigating in code • Testing code • Running code
- 7. 1 while(<>) {! 2 ! 3 }! 4 ! 5 sub doStuff {! 6 ! 7 }! 8 ! 9 for ( my $i=0; $i < 10; $i++ ) {! 10 ! 11 } Code is written in sentences, not characters
- 8. Code uses boilerplates 1 package BlogPost;! 2 use Moose;! 3 use v5.18;! 4 ! 5 ! 6 1; 1 <!DOCTYPE html>! 2 <html>! 3 <head>! 4 <meta charset="utf-8" />! 5 <title>test</title>! 6 </head>! 7 <body>! 8 ! 9 </body>! 10 </html>
- 9. Code has context 1 use strict;! 2 use warnings;! 3 use List::MoreUtils qw/pairwise/;! 4 use v5.18;! 5 ! 6 my @foo, @bar;! 7 my %h = pairwise(@foo, @bar); you’ll probably want @foo or @bar here
- 10. Code can be repetitive 1 my $mail = {! 2 john => '[email protected]',! 3 bob => '[email protected]',! 4 barbara => '[email protected]',! 5 george => '[email protected]',! 6 };! 7 ! 1 my $mail = {! 2 john => '[email protected]',! 3 bob => '[email protected]',! 4 barbara => '[email protected]',! 5 george => '[email protected]',! 6 };! 7 !
- 11. The more you type… • you’ll waste more time • you’ll make more mistakes • you’ll be less happy
- 12. A text editor can be a friend • In writing: • Code snippets • File templates • Context aware auto complete • Verify syntax and find errors early
- 13. A text editor can be a friend • While working on a project: • File navigation • Documentation • Quickly find what you need
- 14. A text editor can be a friend • While running and testing: • Reminds you to run unit tests • Helps you run complex flows
- 15. Agenda What’s Wrong with my editor? Can you fix it? Should I Switch Editors?
- 16. Fixing a text editor • File templates • Code snippets • Omni complete • Easy project navigation + documentation • Running + testing
- 17. We’ll use … #janus A fully customisable text editor A collection of plugins and settings for vim to get started +
- 18. Getting Started (Ubuntu) sudo apt-get install vim-gnome Install vim curl -Lo- https://bit.ly/janus-bootstrap | bash Install janus
- 19. What We Got • Line and column numbers • Nicer colours and better defaults
- 20. What We Got • Find in files - ack • Fuzzy file finder • Easy code comments • Project drawer • Tab completion • Basic snippets
- 21. Now let’s get to work
- 22. Demos - Editing • Adding new snippets with snipMate • File templates with vim-template • Align perl hashes • Perl omni-complete • Auto-close parens
- 23. Plugins Installed • Viewdoc: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php? script_id=3893 • Vim template: https://github.com/aperezdc/vim-template/ • Auto pairs: https://github.com/ynonp/auto-pairs
- 24. Q & A
- 25. Thanks For Listening • Ynon Perek • http://ynonperek.com/ • [email protected]