Olaf Alders

As a vim user, I've used Syntastic for a long time. It's a great tool for syntax checking. However, I was recently introduced to Ale. Ale does a lot of what Syntastic does, but it does it asynchronously. The practical benefits are

• You should experience less lag when editing large files


• Ale flags problematic lines containing errors and warnings in a gutter, making it easy to find problems


• Detailed information about errors and warnings appear at the bottom of your buffer

I may actually be underselling it. Ale is almost a drop-in replacement for Syntastic. (At least it was for me). Try it out. I don't think you'll go back to Syntastic once you've tried Ale.

I'd like to point out a few configuration tweaks...

Read the full post at http://www.olafalders.com/2017/10/17/vim-ale-syntastic-and-perlcritic/