Insert Code Patterns and Templates within Eclipse

[ThFiedler]

A famous feature in the ABAP workbench editor is to insert code patterns into your source code.

I mean the magic behind this button in the editor toolbar:

 



 

And with ABAP in Eclipse this feature is gone :shock:

--> NO WAY ! It is integrated with the code completion

 

See this small video tutorial to learn how to use this feature:



 

In addition to that we also have static code templates available in Eclipse. A flexible way to easily generate code in your editor. You can also define your own templates and use them. A good example is the template to generate a local test class.

 

See this small video tutorial to learn how to use this feature:



Regards and have fun,

Thomas.