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Comment by Guybrush_T | Hacker News Reader

Are you implying there is an easy way to learn Vim? :)

I remember the "Learn Python the Hard Way" web-site, but I'm having trouble even finding that. It looks like there is a book and a course instead. I wonder if the web-site version of these courses were eventually phased out?

This might be a good alternative:

https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/vim/

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https://learnpythonthehardway.org/

Googled "zed Shaw learn python the hardest"

He has learn c the hardware too and a few others

Surprised your search didn't work, he was sort of well known for those books, and the "programming mother fucker" website

Oh wait, here it is

http://programming-motherfucker.com/

search by the author (zed shaw).

Sorry I wasn't very clear, but I can't find the old version of the web-site by Zed Shaw. It was a free tutorial and it sounds like it was in the same format that the OP was looking for. I can find the current web-site for the paid course and book.

My experience is Shaw adjusts availability of his work over time.

Given the strong opinions the internet including HN, often expresses about him, I understand why he might choose to do so.

He might as well get paid for suffering ad hominem I guess. And it’s entirely reasonable to reduce the attack surface.

It did used to be free. I used the site years ago for awhile before he announced that he was putting it behind a paywall (except for a few free chapters).

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