Starting with just the motions in Vim is a good start if you want to take the time to learn Vim. It gets you used to modal editing without going too deeply int

Starting with just the motions in Vim is a good start if you want to take the time to learn Vim. It gets you used to modal editing without going too deeply into it. That said, the article focuses too much on the fact that using Vim makes you look cool rather it being a good tool overall. Sure, quick and precise navigation is a good benefit of using Vim, and it is superficially impressive at first glance, but the real power of Vim comes from its terse command language, which is something the article does not mention. There are so many tasks that I can easily do in Vim that would take minutes to hours in other editors, and it is all due to the command language. I guess my point is that Vim doesn't just look cool and there's more going on than what you superficially observe looking at somebody else's screen.