Something I’ve only just discovered the usefulness of is code templates in Netbeans. I always used to have autocomplete set up in Outlook for common phrases like “if you have any queries, please get in touch”, and saved a lot of typing.
Having found the NetBeans templates module for quickly creating common bits of Drupal code, I started digging around in the default NetBeans options, and found that there are all sorts of little timesavers. Here are a few good ones:
<td>
Template
</td>
</tr> <td>
foreach($previously_assigned_variable as $value)
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
forek
</td>
<td>
foreach($previously_assigned_variable as $key => $value
</td>
</tr>| Shortcut |
| fore |
There is more info on the NetBeans site.