I&#x27;d say it&#x27;s much more beginner friendly than out of the box Vim and Emacs. In the first couple of days I kept the documentation page [1] open to quickly check how to do something (or how to do it easier&#x2F;faster), than moved to using the builtin commands for getting help [2]. And if you get stuck on something or have a question there is also an active Gitter channel [3].<p>One thing that you should keep in mind that Spacemacs was meant to be used without the mouse, that may trip up people who are used to clicking around Sublime&#x2F;Atom or their IDEs.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;syl20bnr&#x2F;spacemacs&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;doc&#x2F;DOCUMENTATION.org" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;syl20bnr&#x2F;spacemacs&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;doc&#x2F;DOCUME...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;syl20bnr&#x2F;spacemacs&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;doc&#x2F;DOCUMENTATION.org#getting-help" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;syl20bnr&#x2F;spacemacs&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;doc&#x2F;DOCUME...</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gitter.im&#x2F;syl20bnr&#x2F;spacemacs" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gitter.im&#x2F;syl20bnr&#x2F;spacemacs</a>