NetBeans code templates
I am so excited about new NetBeans 6.5. It’s definitely my number one choice when it comes to PHP development. Today I got carried around in playing with Code templates (Tools > Options > Editor > Code Templates). This is personal favorite of mine in NetBeans. If you are like me and you do a lot of Magento developement then you are most likely to use a lot of inline code. I also use a lot of
<?php echo ‘<pre>’; print_r($variable); echo ‘</pre>’; ?>
and
<?php echo ‘<pre>’; Zend_Debug::dump($$${variable}); echo ‘</pre>’; ?>
With code templates you can add a new template. If you add a new template with abbreviation “de” and add a content like
echo ‘<pre>’; print_r($$${variable}); echo ‘</pre>’; ?>
Then all you need to do while writting code is something like
<?php de+TAB
and you get
<?php echo ‘<pre>’; print_r($variable); echo ‘</pre>’; ?>
For me this is a huge time save. I use a lot of these during development.
This is my favorite
<?php echo ‘<pre>’; print_r($variable); echo ‘</pre>’; die; ?>
Bellow you can see a screenshot of NetBeans code templates.
NetBeans code templates
I’m loving it 
hi branko,
I’ve discovered NetBeans about 2 weeks ago, and I really like it. This post about code template has been very usefull to me: I had seen this option but didn’t understood it well. I do now and will add some of my own. Thanks for this.
Yesterday I’ve tried the Developer Colaboration plugin with a friend of mine living in Paraguay (I’m based in Spain) and that was amazing!
I’m taking a look to the tutorials of NetBeans website, but if you have more advices, don’t hesitate of writing another post
cheers
The only thing I have to say negative about NetBeans is speed… This is not it’s greatest attribute
Surely it’s due to the fact it’s written in Java language but… somehow I have the strange feeling it works faster under Linux. Still… cat give my Windows box
I’ve been using Netbeans with Java since version 5.0. But also I work with Eclipse (it’s my selected + PhpEclipse + Aptana + Subversion + Pydev).
I’m testing now Netbeans 6.5 for Php, but I not sure if I’m gonna change Eclipse.
’til now, I can’t find the reason to use to Netbenas instead Eclipse for Php.