Introduction

I've been using the Neovim text editor for the past year.

While I still rely on VS Code for certain tasks, my journey with Neovim has been enjoyable.

In this guide, I'll walk you through how I've set up my Neovim configuration to boost my web development workflow.

To begin with, you need the following software installed on your PC:

• The Neovim text editor.

• Node and npm**: they provide** a JS runtime for the CoC extension.

• The vim-plug plugin manager

• Git: allow vim-plug to clone the plugins on GitHub

The init.vim file

Create an init.vim in the ~/.config/nvim/ directory.

This is a configuration file used to customize the behavior and appearance of the text editor. It allows a user to define various settings, keybindings, plugins, and other preferences to tailor the text editor to their specific needs.

Insert the following VimScript code in your init.vim file:

" this will install vim-plug if not installed
if empty(glob('~/.config/nvim/autoload/plug.vim'))
    silent !curl -fLo ~/.config/nvim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs
        \ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim
    autocmd VimEnter * PlugInstall
endif

call plug#begin()
" here you'll add all the plugins needed

call plug#end()

This code instructs Neovim to download and install vim-plug on launch.

All the plugins between the plug#begin() and plug#end lines will be installed with the :PlugInstall command.

The plugins

In the init.vim file, add the following between plug#begin() and plug#end():

" Add IDE functionality to NeoVim
Plug 'neoclide/coc.nvim', {'do': 'yarn install --frozen-lockfile'} 

let g:coc_global_extensions = ['coc-tslint-plugin', 'coc-tsserver', 'coc-eslint', 'coc-html-css-support', 'coc-rome', 'coc-tsserver', 'coc-css', 'coc-html', 'coc-json', 'coc-prettier']  

" Auto Close Brackets ( [ {
Plug 'jiangmiao/auto-pairs' 

" Add Highlighting and Indenting to JSX and TSX files.
Plug 'yuezk/vim-js'
Plug 'HerringtonDarkholme/yats.vim'
Plug 'maxmellon/vim-jsx-pretty'

Save and exit the file, then re-open it.

Type :PlugInstall to install the plugins and extensions.

Conclusion

Check out this GitHub repository for more ideas on how you can customise Neovim to your liking: