Developing over ftp using vim

Vim, which is short for Vi IMproved, is a text editor that lets you edit a remote file via ftp. It is cross-platform but most popular in Unix-like operating systems.

To use vim, the syntax is : vim ftp:///user@domain//path/file

Example : vim ftp://username@example.com//var/www/index.html

You will be asked for the matching password to your user name after. Just enter the password and you'll have the file opened for editing. Vim has made things easier for me. I hope it will do the same to you.