{"id":1728,"date":"2018-12-04T18:35:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T17:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2025-04-22T10:44:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T08:44:38","slug":"introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Live Templates in IntelliJ IDEA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many ways how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jetbrains.com\/idea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IntelliJ IDEA<\/a> can boost your productivity by raw input speed.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, there is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jetbrains.com\/help\/idea\/settings-code-completion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Code Completion<\/a> which is a standard for most code editors, and offers a great deal of help. Secondly, there is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jetbrains.com\/help\/idea\/settings-postfix-completion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Postfix Completion<\/a>. Maybe this name doesn&#8217;t sound familiar to you but you are probably using it already.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how a Postfix Completion for JavaScript works:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1735 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/log1.gif\" alt=\"Postfix Completion\" width=\"566\" height=\"255\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you want to look at a few of them, in IntelliJ go to your menu and follow this route: <code>File &gt; Settings &gt; Editor &gt; General &gt; Postfix Completion<\/code> (Windows and Linux) or <code>IntelliJ IDEA &gt; Preferences &gt; Editor &gt; General &gt; Postfix<\/code> (macOS).<\/p>\n<p>They are quite handy. But you can do even better! Which brings us to our third option: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jetbrains.com\/help\/idea\/using-live-templates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Templates<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Now, marvel at this GIF:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cvl2.gif\" alt=\"Live Templates\" width=\"566\" height=\"255\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Its like Postfix Completion on steroids. And that is just the tip of the iceberg!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-scale\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mindblown.gif\" alt=\"mindblown\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Live Templates?<\/h2>\n<p>There are different kinds of Live Templates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Simple template (some fixed code that expands into plain text)<\/li>\n<li>Parameterized template (contains plain text and variables that enable user input)<\/li>\n<li>Surround templates (work blocks of selected text)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you want to jump ahead to the details, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/webstorm\/2012\/10\/high-speed-coding-with-custom-live-templates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this article<\/a>. But if you stick around, I can show you some basics to get you started.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/schulungen\/angular\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/angular-schulungen_frieder_WP_big.png\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/angular-schulungen_frieder_WP_medium.png\" media=\"(min-width: 600px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/angular-schulungen_frieder_WP_small.png\" alt=\"Angular Schulungen\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38\">\n<\/picture>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The Basics<\/h2>\n<p>To get the same Live Template as above, open your menu and navigate to <code>File &gt; Settings\/Preferences &gt; Live Templates<\/code>. Now search for the entry <em>user<\/em> click on the upper right corner and choose <em>Live Template<\/em>. You will get a new entry to edit. Fill in the blank spaces until they look something like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cvl_p1-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cvl_p1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cvl_p1-1.png 854w, https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cvl_p1-1-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cvl_p1-1-768x236.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, you are right. It looks somewhat similar to coding &#8230; what a pleasant surprise! Words surrounded with dollar signs are variables. And some of them are predefined. For example <code>$END$<\/code> tells the courser where it stops after all<br \/>\nthe template magic is done. Of course there aren&#8217;t just predefined variables, where would be the fun in that? In our case, our own variables are <code>$VAR_COPY$<\/code> and <code>$VAR$<\/code>. Because I chose meaningful names you can already guess what they&#8217;re supposed to do. But how do we tell IntelliJ?<\/p>\n<p>Look at the next image:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cvl_p2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cvl_p2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cvl_p2.png 637w, https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cvl_p2-300x154.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you click on <em>Edit variables<\/em> a menu will open where you can define the secret life of each variable. These settings tell IntelliJ that there are two variables, which are named <code>VAR<\/code> and <code>VAR_COPY<\/code>. The default value of <code>VAR_COPY<\/code> is the value of <code>VAR<\/code> and if <code>VAR_COPY<\/code> has a default value, its definition will be skipped. This leaves only <code>VAR<\/code> to be defined. Therefore <code>VAR<\/code>s value will be copied into<br \/>\n<code>VAR_COPY<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>That is pretty much all. Hit <em>OK<\/em> and <em>Apply<\/em> and start coding at maximum speed!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-scale\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fast_coding.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Live Templates!<\/h2>\n<p>The world (or rather IntelliJ) is your oyster. You can do all kinds of cool things with Live Templates. If an unpleasant repetitive task (e. g. writing <code>console.log( ...<\/code>) starts bothering you, try setting up a Live Template.<\/p>\n<h2>Further reading<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Further up I mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/webstorm\/2012\/10\/high-speed-coding-with-custom-live-templates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jetbrains.com\/help\/pycharm\/tutorial-creating-and-applying-live-templates-code-snippets.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This<\/a> is an official tutorial<\/li>\n<li>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/ngryman\/4760153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this collection<\/a> of amazing Live Templates! I think I&#8217;ll copy a few of them and tell people they were my idea <code>\u1566( \u0361\u00b0 \u035c\u0296 \u0361\u00b0)\u1564<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many ways how IntelliJ IDEA can boost your productivity by raw input speed. Firstly, there is Code Completion which is a standard for most code editors, and offers a great deal of help. Secondly, there is Postfix Completion. Maybe this name doesn&#8217;t sound familiar to you but you are probably using it already. [&#8230;]<br \/><a class=\"meta-big\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\/\"> READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,92,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intellij","category-others","category-tooling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Introduction to Live Templates in IntelliJ IDEA - Web Development Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Transform coding with IntelliJ IDEA. Explore Live Templates for speed. Upgrade precision, productivity. Revolutionize development now!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Introduction to Live Templates in IntelliJ IDEA - Web Development Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Transform coding with IntelliJ IDEA. Explore Live Templates for speed. Upgrade precision, productivity. Revolutionize development now!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Web Development tips and tricks - theCodeCampus Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-04T17:35:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-22T08:44:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/log1.gif\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"566\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"255\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Christian Heitmann\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Christian Heitmann\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Christian Heitmann\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79983c87aa083289ac2da208c58530d1\"},\"headline\":\"Introduction to Live Templates in IntelliJ IDEA\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-04T17:35:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-22T08:44:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":497,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/log1.gif\",\"articleSection\":[\"IntelliJ\",\"Others\",\"Tooling\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\\\/\",\"name\":\"Introduction to Live Templates in IntelliJ IDEA - Web Development Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/log1.gif\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-04T17:35:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-22T08:44:38+00:00\",\"description\":\"Transform coding with IntelliJ IDEA. Explore Live Templates for speed. Upgrade precision, productivity. Revolutionize development now!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/log1.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/log1.gif\",\"width\":566,\"height\":255,\"caption\":\"Postfix Completion\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Introduction to Live Templates in IntelliJ IDEA\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Web Development tips and tricks - theCodeCampus Blog\",\"description\":\"Tips, tricks, and experiences about developing web and mobile applications with Angular, TypeScript, and Testing.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"theCodeCampus\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/TCC-Logo-Bildmarke-quadratisch.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/TCC-Logo-Bildmarke-quadratisch.jpg\",\"width\":156,\"height\":156,\"caption\":\"theCodeCampus\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79983c87aa083289ac2da208c58530d1\",\"name\":\"Christian Heitmann\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/christian-heitmann-tcc-author-96x96.webp\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/christian-heitmann-tcc-author-96x96.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/christian-heitmann-tcc-author-96x96.webp\",\"caption\":\"Christian Heitmann\"},\"description\":\"Hi, I am a software engineer from Germany with a focus on frontend technologies and an affinity for everything related to UI\\\/UX. However, my greatest challenge to date has been learning Japanese.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thecodecampus.de\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/cheitmann\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Introduction to Live Templates in IntelliJ IDEA - Web Development Blog","description":"Transform coding with IntelliJ IDEA. Explore Live Templates for speed. Upgrade precision, productivity. Revolutionize development now!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Introduction to Live Templates in IntelliJ IDEA - Web Development Blog","og_description":"Transform coding with IntelliJ IDEA. Explore Live Templates for speed. Upgrade precision, productivity. Revolutionize development now!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\/","og_site_name":"Web Development tips and tricks - theCodeCampus Blog","article_published_time":"2018-12-04T17:35:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-22T08:44:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":566,"height":255,"url":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/log1.gif","type":"image\/gif"}],"author":"Christian Heitmann","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Christian Heitmann","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\/"},"author":{"name":"Christian Heitmann","@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/79983c87aa083289ac2da208c58530d1"},"headline":"Introduction to Live Templates in IntelliJ IDEA","datePublished":"2018-12-04T17:35:17+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-22T08:44:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\/"},"wordCount":497,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/log1.gif","articleSection":["IntelliJ","Others","Tooling"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\/","name":"Introduction to Live Templates in IntelliJ IDEA - Web Development Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/log1.gif","datePublished":"2018-12-04T17:35:17+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-22T08:44:38+00:00","description":"Transform coding with IntelliJ IDEA. Explore Live Templates for speed. Upgrade precision, productivity. Revolutionize development now!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/log1.gif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/log1.gif","width":566,"height":255,"caption":"Postfix Completion"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/introduction-to-live-templates-in-intellij-idea\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Introduction to Live Templates in IntelliJ IDEA"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/","name":"Web Development tips and tricks - theCodeCampus Blog","description":"Tips, tricks, and experiences about developing web and mobile applications with Angular, TypeScript, and Testing.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/#organization","name":"theCodeCampus","url":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/TCC-Logo-Bildmarke-quadratisch.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/TCC-Logo-Bildmarke-quadratisch.jpg","width":156,"height":156,"caption":"theCodeCampus"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/79983c87aa083289ac2da208c58530d1","name":"Christian Heitmann","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/christian-heitmann-tcc-author-96x96.webp","url":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/christian-heitmann-tcc-author-96x96.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/christian-heitmann-tcc-author-96x96.webp","caption":"Christian Heitmann"},"description":"Hi, I am a software engineer from Germany with a focus on frontend technologies and an affinity for everything related to UI\/UX. However, my greatest challenge to date has been learning Japanese.","url":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/author\/cheitmann\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1728"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3446,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728\/revisions\/3446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecodecampus.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}