This will be a quick guide on how to setup neovim as your python IDE. It might invovle some concepts, but they shouldn’t block your setup as long as you follow these steps (hopefully).

Here are the tools/software that we need:

• neovim
• python3
• git

Install

You can install neovim according to the offical document here. If you are using windows, you can always use the pre-built latest stable release provided by the neovim team.

I am using neovim v0.3.1 at the time of writing showing as following:

UltiSnips is a really powerful vim plugin that boosts your productivity by saving you from typing redundant code patterns or repeated configurations. And UltiSnips provides an easy way to create and use snippets:

1. Snippets are organized by file type: cpp.snippets for c++ and pandoc.snippets for pandoc.
2. Any changes made to snippets will take effect after you save them. So you can create and edit snippets on the fly.

For example, writing the following c++ code can be really easy (and quick):

And You will notice a huge difference when you turn off this plugin once you get used to it. There are lots of awesome snippet plugins, such as neosnippet.

Vim Installation

Mac OS come with a vim, which might not be the latest version. Using Homebrew¹, latest version of vim can be obtained by running

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brew install vim

For Linux, for example, Ubuntu,

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sudo apt-get install vim

For Windows, installers could be obtained at the offical website. And one famous vim plugin YouCompleteMe also provides a vim build with Lua, Perl, Python, Racket, Ruby support.