Understanding Neovim #8 - Mason

LSP is easily one of the most difficult topics that one can grasp in their day to day editor usage. In this episode we'll set up Mason, a tool that automates the installation process for LSP servers, thus vastly improving our LSP experience!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:20 Pros/Cons of Mason
03:12 Setup
04:35 The :Mason Command
07:18 Common Pitfalls
08:56 :LspInfo
19:33 Outro

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[Miguel-fvcm]

This series will become the de facto standard to learning neovim!

[Abed-Merii]

Hi Vhyrro,

Around this time last year, I started watching your series during my paternity leave after welcoming my first son. In those quiet early mornings, from about 4 AM to 10 AM, while taking care of him, your videos became my companion. Now, having used Neovim for a year, I’ve decided to revisit your series, and I must say, it feels incredibly nostalgic.

Your videos were not only helpful but also inspiring. I genuinely hope you’ll consider creating more content in the future—you’ve made a lasting impact, and I’d love to see what you come up with next.

Thank you for everything!

[rohitbhanot]

Would love to see more on this series specifically on the auto completion part.

[andreassvendsen]

This needs more views. Miles ahead of all the generic NeoVim videos!

[Mooky]

I would love it if you’re able to find the time to continue this series. It’s far and away the best neovim config explainer I’ve seen and is inspiring me to actually make my own config finally.

[a_maxed_out_handle_of__chars]

i was thinking about you just yesterday, was busy with job and suddenly remembered the playlist, visited your channel to make sure whether i haven't missed any videos yet

welcome back :)

[cfm]

I wish I had discovered this series long ago. This series has been very informative and has made nvim much more understandable to me, though I've been using nvim for years.

it's been so long ago since you've stopped making content for this series... It would have been nice for you to finish it. Anyway, hope you're doing well, and thank you again :)

[hashi]

I've been using Kickstart for a year now, and this series is what enabled me to create my own config from scratch. Thank you!

[platoslittlesister]

Fun fact: I originally came here through this video, since I wanted to understand Mason / LSPs. Now I'm watching it for the second time, as I have followed along the course.

Thank you a lot for posting this. This has thaught me so much more than any nvim tutorial before. Although hardly anything has changed in my personal config, I have done some reorganization, but most importantly there are so many places, where I now actually understand what I'm doing. So I absolutely commend your focus on enabling users, rather than "here take this plugin and copy the config from git" often seen.

Hope you will continue this series at one point. Meanwhile thanks so far.

[lovikim]

The greatest tutorial ever known to mankind! Thank you for these series! <3

[tommikvnze]

I'm dabbling with neovim since 2 months and this is by far the best entry series after trying to survive with many small tutorials which only explain a small piece of the cake. This series puts everything into place!

[jacokyle]

Thanks mate. These are so helpful. Please don’t feel pressure to release these quickly! They will serve as great resources for years to come, so just try to keep them high-quality! ❤

[dylanpalmboom]

Thanks for this excellent series! Really helpful! I hope you get a chance to add more videos to it 🙂

[alfonsodonotsi]

This series was amazing, I hope someday you can continue it.

[MoHoLife]

Found your videos and they are by far the most informative and helpful. I'm new to nvim and I have tried many ways to set up my config, and your way to do it just works. Would love you to continue these videos adding the auto complete and others. Keep going bud

[nelsonfleig]

What a great series. Hope you are able to continue the series with new sections! It would be great to see some new stuff about working with git, debugging, file explorers, and some tmux integration.

[tamastaraszovics]

These tutorials made everything so much easier. Kudos to you!

[novakstevanovic]

Great content truly. When can we expect the next episode

[browrectum]

keep up with the good work homie lovely and clean and easy i hope this go along

[mrrobinhood]

@vhyrro thank you for the greatest single series to start neovim. I love it. Everything just clicked when you explained the "why".