Eclipse shortcut to System.out.println in Java program - Tips

Eclipse IDE provides quick shortcut keys to print System.out.println statement in Java but unfortunately not every Java programmers are familiar of that. Even programmers with 3 to 4 year of experience sometimes doesn't know this useful Eclipse shortcut to generate System.out.println messages. This Eclipse tips is to help those guys. Let me ask you one question, How many times you type System.out.println in your Java program? I guess multiple time, while doing programming, debugging and testing small stuff. System.out.println is the most preferred way to print something on console because it doesn�t required setup like configuring Log4J or java.util.Logger . Though I recommend using logging for better information display in production code, nobody can undermine importance of System.out.println statement in Java. On the quest of learning Eclipse shortcut, some of them which I have discussed in my list of Top 30 Eclipse shortcut for Java programmers, I found a very useful Eclipse shortcut for generating code for System.out.println statement in Java source file.

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