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Let's say I've been working with vim for some time; I've dabbled with my ~/.vimrc and copied-and-pasted some snippets in I find on the way, with minimal changes.

I'm beginning to get a hazy understanding of this weird language called vimscript. What is an effective way for me to develop a greater understanding of it?

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    IMHO this question is off-topic because it is too broad, in addition, it's basically asking for "what's the best VimScript tutorial" (even though it isn't phrased like that). I don't think we want to have questions asking for off-site resources...
    – Martin Tournoij
    Feb 3, 2015 at 18:20
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    @Carpetsmoker I do not agree! We can have questions listing other online resources on the topic. Since SE is community-driven, if a resource gets out-dated, disappears, changes link etc., there is always someone to correct it. However, I think I agree that it's better to keep such question for later, because they are very tricky.
    – yo'
    Feb 3, 2015 at 19:01
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    Write a plugin.
    – Rich
    Feb 5, 2016 at 11:07
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    @Rich I have :)
    – Andrew Ferrier
    Feb 5, 2016 at 11:08
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    @AndrewFerrier In that case I think you might be underselling yourself by describing your understanding as "hazy" :). Other things that have helped me: 1. Learn Vimscript the Hard Way (tick!) and 2. Answering questions on this site (with all the poring through the :help that that entails).
    – Rich
    Feb 5, 2016 at 11:12

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I have found Learn Vimscript the Hard Way to be invaluable in improving my understanding of vimscript. It covers both the theory (as a programming language) as well as improving my understanding of vim as an editor. Recommended.

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