How to Set Up Neovim for Web Development (Tutorial) – EP 1

Опубликовано: 27 Март 2026
на канале: Sam Natale
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Welcome to the first episode of the Neovim for Web Devs series! In just under 6 minutes, we'll get you set up with a modern, minimal Neovim configuration tailored for web development.

What we cover in this video:
Installing lazy.nvim as a plugin manager
Setting up the tokyonight colorscheme
Installing treesitter for syntax highlighting
Using nvim-tree as a file explorer
The power of telescope

Whether you're switching from VS Code or starting fresh with Neovim, this series will get you up and running fast.

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GitHub Repo: (branch EP1)
https://github.com/smnatale/neovim-fo...

Links:
lazy.nvim - https://lazy.folke.io/installation
dotfyle (find your own colorscheme) - https://dotfyle.com/neovim/colorschem...
tokyonight - https://github.com/folke/tokyonight.nvim
treesitter - https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/nv...
nvim-tree - https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-tre...
telescope - https://github.com/nvim-telescope/tel...

0:00 - Introduction / Preview
0:09 - Setup lazy.nvim
0:20 - lazy.nvim file structure
0:41 - Theme/colorscheme (tokyonight)
2:00 - Syntax highlighting (treesitter)
3:14 - File browser (nvim-tree)
3:34 - Custom keymaps
4:14 - Find files and find text in files (telescope)
5:49 - Outro Grab me a cup of tea and join the channel members?
   / @sam_natale