Yes, but sane indentation, syntax coloring, soft tabs and line numbering (out of the box, without requiring you to understand how vim works and what are its configs) never hurts :)

> ... without requiring you to understand how vim works ...

That's the kicker. If you don't actually learn how Vim works, you're missing out on most of its power.

You don't need Janus, you need Vimcasts: http://vimcasts.org/