Create Neovim Plugins with Lua

A small video on how to create Neovim plugins using Lua.

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[jinhoyoon]

This is incredible! Please make more tutorials on making Neovim plugins with Lua. There just aren’t quality tutorials for Lua plugins on YouTube! You make it so simple and straightforward.

[vikingthedude]

I had an issue with printing Hello World at 1:20, and realised that it was because the method of setting rtp at 1:10 didn't work for me. Here's the solution for anyone facing this problem:

At 1:10, after entering nvim, check that the current directory is in the rtp using the vim command ":echo &rtp". In the output you should see a dot representing the current directory.

However, this didn't work for me, so I found a solution where you instead open nvim with
nvim -c "set rtp+=."
This works because according the "man nvim", you'll notice that --cmd runs BEFORE any vimrc, so it probably gets overridden. -c runs after reading the file, so it takes precedence.

[bryttontsai]

Great video! Finally one that's nice and short and covers all the basics so I can get started coding right away without having to sit there and watch a 20min tutorial on every little detail.

[madhavbhat]

starting nvim with --cmd "set rtp+=./" did not work with me. After a couple of tries and reading the document starting nvim with -c "set rtp+=./" worked for me. Just leaving it here for someone who might face this in future. I am using neovim 0.10. Thanks for the amazing tutorial on this. Loved it!

[willernst]

(Here from Reddit but posting here for the YouTube boost...) This was great! Feel free to expand into a series. :-)

[stevecanny]

Thanks so much for this David! This was a real leg up for me getting started! :)

[LudoTechWorld]

Simple and to the point, perfect! Thank you!

[mumk]

The rtp stuffs works fine without using the fixes in the comments. One thing that doesn't work for me is when I try :lua require"myplugin". Turns out that I just need to refer to my lua filename, not the folder name. In the case of this tutorial, its :lua require"init"

[hajimesuzuki]

Awesome video! Would you have a plan to make a video about how to create automated tests for Lua plugins?

[arpanchattopadhyay]

great video! Do you have a guide on how to setup neovim with native lsp for javascript/typescript development with eslint/prettier etc?

[hydgunneo]

Hi! I was wondering where i can get the app.test.js file?

[mitzomevan]

@DevOnDuty, Thanks for the video, could you please let me know the fonts?

[jeetak]

I didn't get jobsend function argument.

[ahmedrezk]

Could you please make a video for reactjs and chrome nvim-dap setup?

[mattearas]

How did you setup the LSP for lua completion?

[konlsns]

Will you make a custom editor ( like nim/nvim ) with lua only.

[JohnLinCN]

Hi, I followed your tutorial, but the init.lua won't run when require my own plugin, rtp has been set and no error shown.

[Readraid_]

DO NOT name your inner directory '{something}.nvim', as it will not work. DevOnDuty named his 'luaPlugin' so it was fine.

luaPlugin.nvim/lua/luaPlugin -- fine
--not fine

took me too long to figure out that one