Neovim @programming.dev lkdm @programming.dev 1mo ago

Ready to make the move from VSCode w/ Neovim emulator to Neovim proper. Need some recommendations please

Hello, I’m a developer wanting to change from VSCode to Neovim. I’ve been using a Neovim extension for VSCode, so I know how to drive it to some extent.

I work with:

Rust
Typescript
React

I’m happy to use default NVim mostly with:

ctags
ins-completion
netrwtreelisting

I want to keep things really simple and use defaults when reasonable.

I basically just want to know how to set up Rust analyser and (for ts) prettier/eslint.

Questions:

Should I use a nvim conf file or lua? I’m happy to learn Lua if it’s recommended.
If I need packages for the above functionality, which package manager is best (excuse the imprecise terminology)?
Any additional recommendations?

Thank you.

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Yes, definitely use lua. You don't need to learn much, you can learn as you go

I'd recommend lazy.nvim as a plugin manager

In fact, just start with kickstart.nvim. It is a starter config which is well documented and all in one file. It is a great starting point and you can then build from there. I'd recommend learning how to modularize and start moving stuff for separate concerns into separate files.
- Thank you, I’ll look into kickstart!
  
  Here’s where I’m at. After a bit of fiddling, I managed to get Rustacean LSP working.
  
  I also used ChatGPT to translate my existing .vim config to lua.
  
  Looking good! You should switch to lazy from packer though. It's simple:
  
  You just need to add a lazy.lua file (just copy the one from the "Structured setup" section in lazy installation documentation)
  
  Then instead of a plugins.lua, you can create a plugins/ directory instead where you can have separate .lua files in it and lazy will automatically detect them.
  
  Just follow the lazy Plugin Spec documentation and move over your packer plugins to lazy

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