Each year VIM hosts a conference for current users who can learn about the latest news and updates. They encourage users to express what they love about the product and what they hope to achieve. If you are a VIM user and want to learn more, these conferences are for you.
Latest VIM Conference
The last VIM conference was held at the Akiba Hall in Akiba Plaza, Tokyo, Japan on October 23, 2019.
Highlights of VIM Conference 2019:
Keynote Speakers:
1) Prabir Shrestha – Prabir is Senior Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft Flow. This year he discussed his work on asynchronous VIM plugins. His main contribution is the vim-lsp plugin which doesn’t make VIM “heavy”.
2) Justin M. Keyes – Justin is the lead maintainer of Neovim, the Vim-fork that reaches beyond the terminal. His expertise is in business systems and embedded devices. He is a plugin author and VIM contibutor. He recently contributed to a Seattle mega-corp and a Berlin startup.
Featured Products:
1) vim-lsp – Using “Language Server Protocol“, this plugin for Vim/Neovim enables text editors to have an ease of use to code formatting and auto-complete.
2) Neovim – Neovim is a hyperextensible Vim-based text editor with 30% less source code than VIM. It allows for the ability to enable new applications but doesn’t compromise the originality of VIM.
We Can Have Nice Things – Justin M Keyes
How to Attend a VIM Conference
The VIM conference for 2020 has not been announced yet. However you can keep up to date with recent announcements or reach out to VIM by using the below resources:
