Text Editing

The best way to learn how to write code is to... write a lot of code.

A few tips:

• Use the keyboard instead of your mouse/trackpad whenever possible.
• If you use a menu item, notice the hotkey (if any) so that you can use the keyboard next time.

If you're using Atom, Sublime, or VS Code:

• Use Shift-Cmd-P (macOS) or Shift-Ctrl-P (Windows) to activate the command palette
• Use Cmd-P (macOS) or Ctrl-P (Windows) to instantly open any file in your project
• Learn how to assign a keyboard short to the Duplicate Line or Duplicate Selection command (I suggest Shift-Cmd-D)

Self-Assessment

After editing code for a while, can you...

• Start a new file
• Set the type of file to "HTML" or "Ruby"
• Select a region of text using only the keyboard
• Indent several lines of text at once using only the keyboard
• Un-indent several lines of text at once using only the keyboard
• Delete an entire line using only the keyboard
• Duplicate a line using the keyboard