Vim is a language to edit text and you can use that language in a lot of development environments. if you code all day it's worth learning. verbs like ci" (cha

Vim is a language to edit text and you can use that language in a lot of development environments. if you code all day it's worth learning. verbs like ci" (change inside ") which deletes inside the current double quotes and leaves you in insert mode are pretty easy to get used to. dd deletes a line and puts it into the yank register so you can paste it somewhere. u undos an action. using a plugin with visual studio is pretty king to get the best of the IDE and the most common vim functionality. Classic SO answer on why vi: http://stackoverflow.com/a/1220118/1772636 http://stackoverflow.com/a/1220118/1772636 edit: here is another classic why vi answer that is a bit different http://www.viemu.com/a-why-vi-vim.html http://www.viemu.com/a-why-vi-vim.html