Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Supper Club × Neovim, Lua, RPC and Twitch with TJ DeVries
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Oct 14, 2022 TJ DeVries, an open source developer famous for his contributions to Neovim, discusses the evolution of Neovim and the advantages of using Lua for development. He highlights the balance between customization and usability in personalized development environments. The conversation enlightens listeners about Remote Procedure Call (RPC) for better performance and the creation of a Neovim GUI in the browser. Additionally, TJ shares insights on live streaming his coding journey and emphasizes the importance of engaging with the open-source community.
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Neovim vs. Vim
- Neovim, a fork of Vim, retains much of Vim's functionality and codebase while enabling new features like Lua scripting.
- Both projects maintain a collaborative relationship, sharing patches and improvements.
Why Lua in Neovim?
- Neovim uses Lua for its extensibility, speed, ease of integration with C, and small size.
- LuaJIT further enhances Lua's performance, making it comparable to C in some cases.
Adaptive UI in Neovim
- Neovim's adaptive UI allows GUIs to be built as plugins, enabling diverse displays.
- This allows for richer UIs with features like variable font sizes, going beyond terminal limitations.