Lab Report 4 - Week 7

Part 1

Task: Changing the name of the start parameter and its uses to base

The shortest sequence of Vim commands our group found last week was /start <Enter> i <Delete> <Delete> <Delete> <Delete> <Delete> b a s e (esc) /start (enter) i <Delete> <Delete> <Delete> <Delete> <Delete> b a s e /start (enter) i <Delete> <Delete> <Delete> <Delete> <Delete> b a s e <Esc> :wq

First, I am searching the first occurrence of string start in the file with the command / and query start

Then, I enter insert mode while having cursor focused on the first occurrence of the start keyword in this method

Then, in the insert mode, I pressed <Delete> for 5 times to delete the first occurrence of start keyword

Then, I type the word base with keys b a s e to insert the word base to the location we just deleted from

After that, I go back to the normal mode with Esc key and then repeated searching with command / and keyword start to search for next occurrence of the keyword start in given method

Repeat of step 3, I pressed <Delete> for 5 times to delete the second occurrence of start keyword

Repeat of step 4, I type the word base with keys b a s e to insert the word base to the location we just deleted from

Repeat of step 5, I go back to the normal mode with Esc key and then repeated searching with command / and keyword start to search for next occurrence of the keyword start in given method

Repeat of step 6, I pressed <Delete> for 5 times to delete the third occurrence of start keyword

Repeat of step 7, I type the word base with keys b a s e to insert the word base to the location we just deleted from

After removing all occurrences of the word start, I press <Esc> to return to the normal mode and type :wq to save the file and complete the replacements

Part 2

Once, start in Visual Studio Code and make the edit there, then scp the file to the remote server and run it there to confirm it works (you can just run bash test.sh on the remote to test it out). Consider having the appropriate scp command in your command history or easily copy-pasteable!

It took me 67 seconds to do so, there was no difficulty for doing it

Second, start already logged into a ssh session. Then, make the edit for the task you chose in Vim, then exit Vim and run bash test.sh.

It took me 182 seconds to do so, I was having trouble switching between modes

Which of these two styles would you prefer using if you had to work on a program that you were running remotely, and why?

I would prefer to use the Visual Studio Code then copy files with scp command since I have been using it for a long time and I got used to it

What about the project or task might factor into your decision one way or another? (If nothing would affect your decision, say so and why!)

If the task is really simple, like editing 1 or 2 characters of a remote file I would use Vim method because in that case uploading a local file to remote will be slower than editing directly on remote