Re: Perl Pro but Java Newbie: Need nudge in proper direction for my favorite Perl routine in Java

/usr/ceo wrote:


I think the right way to go about it would be to get an IDE that handles
abbreviations and macros efficiently. I use NetBeans. It will
substitute the string "sout" followed by a tab to
"System.out.println("");" and put the cursor in the center of the inner
quotes. So I type 5 characters, not 23.

Programmers who come after you aren't going to be terribly excited about
your attempts to custom re-wire the IO classes. They're fine the way
they are.

And "puts" as-is won't handle objects besides string literals, or
primitives, without a lot of work which will duplicate what System.out
does now anyway. So the path you are going down is pretty much lose-lose.

BTW:

   System.out.println(
      "This is line 1\n" +
      "This is line 2\n" +
      "This is line 3\n" +
      "You get the picture..."
   );