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I use them, they are a nice addition for productivity. Mainly they are useful when writing boilerplate code, if I find myself doing same things over and over on the project I write a live template for it (if it makes sense)
Yet there is one that rules them all for my work:
"_todo" template generates "// TODO (my_name) "
line, I work in a massive code base so having todo's automated is a nice feature.
I have many more templates and all start with "_" prefix for nice autocomplete -
@nemetepst only thing that sucks in intellij idea is that live template's name is case sensitive. for example shortcut "_recView" wouldnt pop up if I searched it with "_recview", so I'm forced to make all shortcuts in lowercase and sometimes its uncomfortable to read them.
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@zemaitis Yea I solved this by using "_snake_case" convention for all templates, I like it this way because it intentionally goes against Java conventions. Which means when I search for live templates only they show up.
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@Hazarth That sounds useful, I'll check it out. Thanks for the recommendation :D
when your code is a mess but everything work out in the end
When you keep getting +1s on a rant you posted a month ago.
Go big or go home.
Question for devs who use Intellij IDEA.
How often do you use livetemplates?
I am a new android dev with ADHD and just discovered live templates. They make my life much easier, for example I have shortcuts for generating recyclerview adapter/viewholder/implementation boilerplate code.
In that way I am able to focus on implementation, and do my coding like building blocks, rather than memorizing every detail of implementation. Also I don't need to go to stackoverflow and copypaste basic things multiple times. Even for example during live coding interview having livetemplates seems awesome, copypasting from stackoverflow would be shameful (I think). Using my own custom shortcuts for livetemplates seems the best way for how my brain functions (I suck at memorizing tiny details, but I remember general idea/flow of a pattern and I would prefer memorizing what to use and when to use, instead of all small details of implementation).
Is getting to dependent on livetemplates a good practice to get used to? Do other developers frown upon a dev who has dozens of livetemplates and relies on them instead of writing all code from memory by hand?
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