Starting a new OCaml project using Dune and Visual Studio Code

After recently setting up a new machine and going through the exercise of setting up a development environment for the nth time, I was frustrated by having to install and configure all of my plugins and dependencies to support auto-completion, syntax highlighting, and the other niceties I’ve come to enjoy with Vim. Looking for an alternative, I was drawn to Visual Studio Code (VS Code) with the VSCodeVim extension. Combining Vim key-bindings with Code’s excellent extension marketplace, I was able to recreate and in some cases improve the development environment I enjoyed as a Vim user in VS Code....

May 12, 2020 · 5 min · Kevin Sookocheff