This is beginner vimrc, I recommend to read it, and use :help command to understand it. Instructions to get started are at the top of the file.

vimrc

" curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim
" save in ~/.vim/vimrc
" open vim and type `:PlugInstall<cr>`

" your leader key, useful to add your own mappings. ',' is an example, use
" what you want
let g:mapleader = ','

call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')

" themes
Plug 'fatih/molokai'
Plug 'joshdick/onedark.vim'
Plug 'morhetz/gruvbox'

" syntax highlighting for more lgges
Plug 'sheerun/vim-polyglot'

" a status line
Plug 'itchyny/lightline.vim'

" comment a line with `gcc` in normal mode, and with `gc` in visual mode
Plug 'tpope/vim-commentary'

call plug#end()


" colors and theme
syntax enable
set t_Co=256
set background=dark
" colorscheme molokai
" colorscheme onedark
colorscheme gruvbox

" search
set ignorecase
set smartcase
set incsearch
set hlsearch
" remove search highlight by pressing '<leader> '
nnoremap <silent> <leader><space> :nohlsearch<cr>

"settings
filetype on
filetype plugin on
filetype indent on

" makes backspace sane
set backspace=indent,eol,start

" mouse support
set mouse=a

" give access to system clipboard
set clipboard=unnamedplus

" indentation
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4

set noerrorbells
set novisualbell
set number
set autoindent

" split
set splitbelow
set splitright


"status line
set laststatus=2 " always show the status line
set showcmd