NeoVim Complete Setup Guide (Part 1: Install, Keymaps, Lazy & Plugins)
This is the first step in your NeoVim mastery journey. Together, we’ll build the foundation of a modern, powerful development setup — perfect for coding like a chad.
🗺️ The NeoVim + TMUX Zero-to-Hero Free & Comprehensive Course:
🟢 Level 1 — The Foundation (✅✅✅ YOU ARE HERE ✅✅✅)
⚙️ Options, 🎹 Keymaps, 📂 Project Structure & 📦 Plugins with LazyNvim
🔵 Level 2 — Developer Superpowers ( • NeoVim Complete Setup Guide (Part 2: LSP, ... )
🧠 LSPs, 🧹 Linters, 🖊️ Formatters, 🔮 Completion + Snippets & 🤖 AI Coding Assist
⚫ Level 3 — The Advanced Realm ( • NeoVim Complete Setup Guide (Part 3: TMUX,... )
⬛⬛ TMUX Integration + 🏔️ Advanced NeoVim Concepts (Git, Debugging)
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:45 - Installing NeoVim 0.11.3
04:51 - Alias vim=nvim
05:53 - Setup Config Structure
10:15 - Setting NeoVim Options
19:52 - Link up NeoVim entrypoint
21:35 - Keymaps
24:10 - Leader key
28:28 - Setting up auto-commands
31:11 - LazyNvim Plugin Manager
35:45 - Set the theme (Melange)
39:08 - Installing a Nerd Font
42:10 - Install additional plugins
43:30 - mini.nvim (quality of life, modular plugins)
47:15 - nvim-tree (file explorer)
51:41 - nvim web dev icons
53:08 - Fuzzy finder (fzf-lua)
57:20 - Treesitter
1:01:07 - lualine (statusline)
1:02:40 - Whichkey (shortcuts)
1:04:11 - Conclusion
Links:
GitHub Repository (All Plugins Linked/Documented): https://github.com/radleylewis/nvim
Alacritty Config: https://github.com/radleylewis/dotfil...
Nerd Font Guide: https://blog.khmersite.net/p/installi...
My Site: https://www.radleylewis.com
Thank you to all the maintainers of NeoVim (incl. plugin maintainers) that make projects like this possible!
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