Unity is great but, like with most engines or frameworks, it requires a lot of boilerplate code. Watch my video and learn how to code FASTER in Unity using Live Templates.
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Iām not sure if this counts as spam or notā¦
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I guess this is coolā¦ but I meanā¦ like a for loop, Iām not sure how fast other people type, but I can type out a for loop lickity split. This feels like intellisense for more complex statementsā¦ which I use intellisense, but also it sometimes gets in the way of my typing since Iām just used toā¦ typing.
Something like a for loop is so ingrained into my mind that I donāt even think about typing it. This fact actually gets in my way when typing English since often Iāll start typing an English word that has a programming language similar and I end up typing the code statement instead just automatically cause I spend way more time coding than I do typing English.
Places I could see this being more useful is sayā¦ statements I donāt write as often and arenāt engrained. So I have to slow down and think about the structure of it in my head. But with that saidā¦ I write those so infrequently I would never think to create a template for it (or if there are existing templates do they exist?), AND I likely wouldnāt even think to use this sinceā¦ well Iād only use it when it came up.
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But clearly, this probably isnāt designed for me.
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Yeah I mean at the end of the day itās just a tool that you either leverage or donāt. Just like an IDE itself. You certainly could just use Notepad++ to develop if thatās your fancy.
As far as this being spam, Iād like to understand why youād think that? Because I mention my newsletter and the promo code? Otherwise, itās nothing more than a Unity tutorial that I figured someone on this community might benefit from.
Well itās technically advertisement of what appears to be your video series. The code of conduct technically mentions no advertisingā¦ but because it is technically in the realm of unity, it may not be considered it. Hence my saying āIām not sure if this counts as spam or notā¦ā
Feels like a stretch. If I posted another YouTuberās video that I found helpful would that be considered advertising their video series, as well? Iām genuinely asking. Iāll have to read the rules to get a better understanding.
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Linking a video as a response to a question, for example if itās a related tutorial, can definitely not be considered spamm or advertisement. Well, as long as the video is related to the topic that is.
But i can see how opening a thread to āself promoteā your own tutorial series may be considered that, even if no ill-intent is behind it. I personally dont really care. When people create a new ālook at my tutorialā kind of thread i always have this āmehā moment personally, but there may be people who are interrested in it.
And while i feel like this subforum is more directed towards scripting related questions and answers, i dont think any other subforum would be more fitā¦ so yeah.
That said, if we were talking about something maybe a bit more coding ārelevantā, like an easy explanation of difficult but useful algorithms, or a guide on some hard topic, then in my opinion at least, that would seem a bit more fitting compared to a video basically explaining a feature some IDE has, even if itās a neat feature.
In case you got paid to make that video tho, thatās a different story. In that case iād definitely consider it advertisement. There is a difference between a video along the lines of āi found this and itās cool, maybe you wanna try itā vs āiām getting paid to promote X, so have a lookā. That much should be obvious.
I have no idea why iām even writing this. Just take it as some random guys opinion on the topic i guess.
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I appreciate your input! I get it and Iād happy to remove the thread. In fact, Iāll do just that.
Ummmm Iām trying to delete it but I donāt actually see how to. If anything Iāll just delete the contents and rename the title to something like āignore meā lol
Nahā¦ itās not like weāre mods. You donāt have to do that (well unless some mod said so, in which case they can take care of that). Was more or less just bringing it up as like a grey area for your future consideration since the ācode of conductā was recently updated and pinned to the top of the forum and youāre a low post count member so you might not be aware of it.
But anyways, thatās enough of a tangentā¦ now Iām breaking the rule of derailing the thread. lol.
Good video.
Well, I welcome any mod to remove the post if it breaks any rules. I donāt want people to get a bad taste in their mouth because I shared my content somewhere it didnāt belong.
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Videos like this are welcome in general discussion or teaching (if such a forum will come) but not scripting. The reason itās not for scripting is because scripting is about individuals asking specific questions, and other people answering them. Itās not a FAQ or guide or promo platform.
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people (youtubers etc) are VERY welcome to post their videos as much as they like. Unity wants this very much.
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Have to be in general discussion for now til we find a better promotional platform.
Happy vlogging/tutorialing 
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Oh yeah, now itās in general, everyone can step down from the cannons, itās fine the precious sanctums of code are protected.
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Thank you! Really appreciate the support. In the future Iāll be sure to keep my posts in the right place so as to not taint the precious sanctums of code 
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Thanks for the video. I have to admit between the constant praises and examples of its features in action Iām slowly being sold on the idea of giving up Visual Studio. Cross-platform support is very nice too as itās one of the last developer tools holding on me Windows.
Nice video, and interesting topic. My take generally on āintelligentā tools is that they often end up being more trouble than they are worth. It takes quite a while to fully grasp the design principles of any such tool, become comfortable with the way that it switches context, learn how to set up all its features and and make it instinctive to use. Also, in my experience, manual input builds a clearer picture in oneās mind as to what you have done and are aiming to do, and helps maintain focus.
Another thing is that when using such tools, itās easy for a small design decision to become very annoying. For example, with intellisense in visual studio, I like to type in at least a full word when calling a function or variable. Iāve noticed that very often, for some reason, intellisense likes to switch to something different on the last letter of a word. So you hammer in a few letters and it has highlighted what you want, and then on the last letter + enter, thereās a sleight of hand and you end up with something entirely different.
Anyway, generally speaking, I try to avoid small āhelperā tools and aim to build a workflow instead out of full frameworks that really take a chunk out of the time and effort required to do something. Iād rather learn a completely different workflow and get fully used to it than have a ābackseat driverā trying to fill in the blanks on what Iām doing. I can type pretty fast, and my autopilot works pretty well too.
I donāt know what else JetBrains has to offer, but this particular thing doesnāt feel like it would make a lot of difference for me.
Just my 2c.
Yes, if that video is solely a tutorial on how to use their paid product with no actual āteachingā. Itās a product demonstration essentially. Marking it as a āvideo tutorialā is disingenuous imo.
Are you teaching me something that I can replicate or code myself without having to pay/purchase a product? no. (am I wrong about this? and this ignores essentially the āfree trialā because that doesnāt count)
Because of this it could be considered as breaking one of the community rules:
- 1b. Spamming, including duplicate threads or posts and advertising
However, since a mod has already commented and not closed it I assume it doesnāt meet their definition of advertising.
I should point out I donāt believe youāre ādoing it purposefullyā or trying to skirt the system. I think youāre intentions are good but at the end of the day it does appear youāre essentially advertising a paid product.
The guidelines are a bit vague. What does āadvertisingā actually mean in this context?
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some random person spam posting āplz download my new gameā is obviously advertising and bad.
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āHey, I have a really cool product that fixes problem X and Yā is still an advert but could be considered useful (how else would I find out about your product) so maybe your post is ok.
Unity wants evangelists, or youtubers or passionate content creators to share their videos here, similar to brackeys and so on. These are in fact monetised in some form or other but so long as thereās something of value, itās good.
Putting it in scripting was understandably a huge mistake though 
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