yaml-language-server VS neovim

Does anyone know how to get yaml formatting working with yamlls (https://github.com/redhat-developer/yaml-language-server)?

I'm starting to work with kubernetes and it would be really nice to have the full completion that Redhat's language server offers for k8s yaml files if you associate the right schema with it.

Most modern editors and IDEs support the Language Server Protocol, which powers the code completion, validation, and tooltip features. Combined with a Yaml Language Server, we can get rich completion for Yaml files!

I don't think the YAML language server can handle this. Here's the issue about this: https://github.com/redhat-developer/yaml-language-server/issues/220

Here's an example .dir-locals.el configuration I'm using with yaml-language-server

Check out https://github.com/redhat-developer/yaml-language-server if you want to get that IDE experience with YAML from those openapi specs

For our custom LSP, we'll start by forking the yaml-language-server maintained by redhat.

One of the things I was missing in my nvim setup was the ability to choose the schema that yamlls uses in the various buffers. This server also intentionally leaves out some cool features like content aware schema detection and, since I could never get the Schema Store functionality to work when paired with the hard-coded Kubernetes support in the language server… I have converted all the hacky lua I had into this plugin. Sharing it here in case it is useful to anyone https://github.com/someone-stole-my-name/yaml-companion.nvim

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.