vimtutor is free. This is $15. Really?
vimtutor is free because vim is free
There are tons of books and other resources for learning vim that are not free. I'm not sure why you would find that surprising.
Show HN: I built a web app for learning Vim from the browser as a 17-year-old
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Re: Show HN: I built a web app for learning Vim from the browser as a 17-year-old
#32Re: Show HN: I built a web app for learning Vim from the browser as a 17-year-old
#33Awesome work and looks great!
I'd suggest looking at https://www.shortcutfoo.com/ (which launched on HN very similarly like 12 years ago), and the model they followed, adding different sets of shortcuts and finding a good pricing model. I was a happy customer for years, and it's clear there's a market here. I'd love one for Figma personally
Re: Show HN: I built a web app for learning Vim from the browser as a 17-year-old
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Re: Show HN: I built a web app for learning Vim from the browser as a 17-year-old
#35Good job! The first lesson was flawless
Re: Show HN: I built a web app for learning Vim from the browser as a 17-year-old
#36I love Vim. The only thing that bothers me is: when I open the same file in a different terminal, I don't get the option to kill the other session cleanly.
Re: Show HN: I built a web app for learning Vim from the browser as a 17-year-old
#37Nice! Maybe this will help convert some of my friends to the dark side
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#38I misread as "leaving" and thought it was a bit much but understandable. /s
It looks nice but I agree with those saying that forcing a login with google is not the best approach.
Re: Show HN: I built a web app for learning Vim from the browser as a 17-year-old
#39i think it was really cool that you had a working demo of the first lesson right on the main page! I did `dd` and `i hello world!` and already started to feel invested even though I am an emacs user and don't really have a desire to learn vim. I think it's because you get a quick dopamine hit from doing those lessons and also gives you a good idea of how the site might work.
I almost wish that first lesson could have just kept going for a while without having to signup or anything. Maybe after you hit like 10 or 20 lessons, or when it starts getting more involved you could then ask for them to sign up / pay.
Either way, nice work!
Re: Show HN: I built a web app for learning Vim from the browser as a 17-year-old
#40Looks nice but "Sign in with Google" = No way.
What if it was email password? Would you prefer that?
Yes! Also consider letting people learn without authenticating at all. Those who care to save state/progress can log in. If you had an opportunistic "great job on completing level 10! if you want to save your progress, register here" message, I bet more people would register as well!