My favorite part of Vim is its convenience. When typing into the terminal, it's a simple built-in command to bring up the Vim editor on any text file. There are other editors in this category, such as emacs, but Vim is lighter-weight than Emacs and does not autosave old versions of files. When emacs autosaves old versions of files, it can be annoying because of the need to manually delete them. Vim is a mainstream text editor used by the Ruby community and the shared experience with other developers also draws me to Vim.

Vim is a free text editor. It is fully handled by the keyboard using commands. It can be used for writing codes, content writing etc. Auto completion in Vim saves time for editors. Preference can be changed, so that interface looks great. There are many shortcuts available in Vim which makes typing easier. Vim is supported by many platforms (Linux, windows). Plugins can be included which helps in adding extra features.

Vim (Vi iMproved) is fast clean and extensible. This is the current incarnation of the vi editor, that has been a part of unix scene since 1976. Vim has been included with or easily installable on each operating system and environment that I have worked with for the last 20 years and more. It is everywhere. This means that no matter where you go, Vim or another Vi derived editor is there. The same commands, the same modes of operation, therefore, no new learning curve. When you go to a new computing environment. you can do your work without the trouble of learning a new editor. With vim there no features that you are used to using but are missing on the day you really need it, just because the editor of the day failed to include them--just get your work done. This can be critical for getting your work done, when you are using a remote computer of a web hosting provider that your client selects.