Useful Keyboard Shortcuts as a Full Stack Dev Pt 1

Here are the keyboard shortcuts I use most often across Mac, Vim, Terminal, and Slack. Nothing exotic — just the ones that have actually stuck.

Mac

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• ctrl + arrow keys — switch between open windows
• ctrl + cmd + f — toggle full screen
• cmd + w — close the current window

Vim

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• vimtutor — Vim’s built-in tutorial, run it straight from your shell
• v — visual block select
• y — yank (copy) the selection

Terminal

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• sudo !! — re-run the last command as sudo
• cmd + n — new terminal tab
• ctrl + shift + n — close the terminal
• shift + cmd + arrows — jump to the next terminal
• cmd + d — split the terminal
• cmd + shift + d — close the split

Slack

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• cmd + k — open search
• F6 — jump to the next section
• cmd + / — see all of Slack’s shortcuts

I’ll add more in a future post.