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XCode is a very powerful development environment and reserves some surprises. It allows a function similar to "snippets" of the famous editor TextMate . In practice it is possible to insert blocks of code using the sequence ESC + a combination of one or more sequences of characters. e otterrete: For example, if you want to insert a block if try pressing ESC+if and you'll get:

. As shown in the figure, a menu appears (the same auto-completion) where you can choose between a simple block if or if/else . Clicking "send" you get:

Here are two links for the complete list of keyboard shortcuts:

• Official Guide of Apple XCode: Section Macros
• A comfortable and convenient one-page PDF with all the combinations

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Xcode is a really good development environment, nice and full of details that make writing efficient code and pleasant. Among these is the ease of auto-complete when typing, especially when writing applications for Apple iPhone, where the frameworks are many and remember syntax and nomenclature company by a few.

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