Code templates in the jMEDK

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There are a lot of generic netbeans code templates, that I often use when programming, so I thought I would write a few of my own. If you guys think this would be useful, then if you can compile a list of all the popular ones you think would be useful for having abbreviations, then I can write them and export them, then everyone can import them. These are meant to be used with the code palette to speed up programming and I thought a set of specialized jME ones would be beneficial.



An example of me using them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si6AuLwe-gQ



I currently have (was just messing around with them):



si → SimpleApplication

newtest → Creates a test suite

newmat → Material mat = new Material (assetManager, “Common/Misc/MatDefs/Unshaded.j3md”);

newbox ->Box box = new Box (Vector3f.ZERO, new Vector())

newge ->Geometry geometry = new Geometry (“name”, );

roach → rootNode.attachChild();

physt → PhysicsTickCollisionListener

physc → PhysicsCollisionListener



Theres a few other tricks I can do, such as automatically positioning the cursor, highlighting some words, so that the user can change them etc… I haven’t investigated all of them properly.

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newlit?

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bit more detail? :stuck_out_tongue:

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like newmat but lit :stuck_out_tongue:

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ah right



maybe should be:

newumat → new unshaded

newlmat → new lighting

newtmat → new terrain

newpmat → new particle



edit: and for physics controls, maybe this:

newrbctrl → new rigidbody

newgctrl → new ghostcontrol

newcctrl → new charactercontrol

newrbkctrl → new rigidbody kinematic



rbctrl → “RigidBodyControl”

gctrl → “GhostControl”

cctrl → “CharacterControl”



edit: and for maths

qua → “Quaternion”

newqua → new quaternion

newqua45x → new Quaternion with 45 degrees in X axis (and similar ones ofc, although the palette does something similar already, you don’t have to use your mouse :), but still undecided about this one)



vec2 → “Vector2f”

vec3 → “Vector3f”

newvec2 → new Vector2f

newvec3 → new Vector3f

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Hey, how you did that? Can I also do this in regular Netbeans?

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@shirkit said:
Hey, how you did that? Can I also do this in regular Netbeans?

yeah : menu Tools/Optionsn "Editor" tab, then "Code Templates" tab.
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http://netbeans.org/project_downloads/www/shortcuts.pdf the bottom page has a full list of generic java ones, very useful. By default its set to tab, but you can change that if desired

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@normen if I create a list of these is it possible to incorporate it into the jMEDK on install?

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No idea, don’t know where they are stored and how its possible to replace them. But sure, if theres a way…

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Apparently I can create an XML file for them, and share them as a plugin, maybe thats better

http://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/70/nbm-code-template.html

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Kewl, yeah we could just add that to the drag&drop templates plugin.

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ok I will try it tomorrow and give people a chance to post any suggestions about any more that they think would be useful :slight_smile: or if you don’t like the format, and want to offer alternatives then that’s fine also.

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I think you covered the most common things. Maybe vec3 or v3f creates a new Vector3f