refactoring.nvim VS neovim

Treesitter is a syntax parser that'll build a tree-like structure to enable anything from excellent syntax highlighting through to complex refactoring. There are so many creative ways you can use Treesitter, from jumping around text objects to commenting sections of code, it's a must-have in my books.

Is there any refactoring plugins for Neovim besides https://github.com/ThePrimeagen/refactoring.nvim?

refactoring.nvim is, that I know of, the closest we have to IDE-like refactoring features such as this, but does not have this feature. It would make C development much nicer imo. Perhaps a feature request there may gain traction.

I'm trying to make a naive implementation of command-preview for refactoring.nvim. Currently, my naive implementation is working (since the changes made to a buffer for previewing are discarded by neovim, I'm executing the plugin regularly in order to preview the changes and when the user submits the command to make the changes).

refactoring.nvim and null-ls.nvim may help

refactoring.nvim is one option. Unfortunately what powers VSCode is the proprietary PyLance and AFAIK there is no way to "Move symbol to file (method will be moved) [and have imports renamed subsequently]".

Just a heads up, I added a lot of Ruby support in ThePrimeagen's Refactoring.nvim plugin some time ago. Covers a lot of what you've created and has support for lots of other languages too

It's a pain to learn. I used the online playground and also read a lot of the queries from popular plugins. I contributed Ruby support to refactoring.nvim which helped me learn a tonne too

You might be able to take the ruby one and make an elixir one. It uses tree-sitter queries which you would need to align up with the elixir, but the syntax is kinda close. See https://github.com/ThePrimeagen/refactoring.nvim/blob/master/lua/refactoring/treesitter/langs/ruby.lua

As a software engineer, choosing and understanding your text editor is important part of your work, as it impacts your productivity and workflow efficiency. It's like choosing the perfect tool for any trade - you need to know what tool to use and how to use it effectively if you want to excel. For me, I use Neovim as my editor and I have been using it for a little over a year now.

This got me thinking about my recent pivot, my switch to Neovim by way of LazyVim to write most of my code, and using tmux to keep terminal states alive after closing a session.

Neovim: Make sure you have Neovim installed on your system. You can check the official website for installation instructions: https://neovim.io/ Git: We'll be using Git to clone the LazyVim starter pack. If you don't have Git, you can download it from https://git-scm.com/downloads

There are several ways to install Neovim. This wiki provides several guidelines on how to install Neovim.

All these thoughts I've shared, I would have them on occasion - but ever since I switched to Linux and Neovim, my curiosity has been through the roof. Switching over to Neovim and Linux was a not so fun weekend of configuration and spending half a day getting my work's local dev environment running on my new OS (which no one has tested development on). But I now have a deeper understanding of the tools I use, and have a text editor configured to be the most optimal for the way I want to use it.