charlfresh

Importance of each of these tools

vim

helps you edit files easily from the terminal.

markdown

mardown is a formatting language, that is very easy to use and also very easy toread from the other side.

git

git is great website that allows you to easily make websites that can edited in the terminal (using vim and markdown).

how do I feel about using this new technology?

vim

I completed the whole vim tutorial, so I understand it and am very comfortable with using it.

markdown

I just learned this today, but so far it seems pretty easty to use and I have understood everything so far.

git

Git commiting comes very easily to me, but i have had some problmes setting up my git up repository (my index file is non existent).

what would I recomend for new users?

vim

go through the whole tutorial, and play some of the vim games if you need extra help.

markdown

It is pretty easy to understand, but make sure that you are putting spaces after the formatting commands.

git

Make sure you follow EVERY step when setting up git, so nothing ends up being messed up.