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Productive Windows keyboard shortcuts

The further you get a long in your development career, the more and more you begin to make use of keyboard shortcuts. Time is precious , and more so as you take on more responsibility and have more projects you need to work on. How do you get faster? You code as fast as Sonic.. How did he get here so fast? But since you'll never code that fast, you instead have to be like the rest of us not-fast-like-Sonic humans and memorize some keyboard shortcuts. Here is a collection of shortcuts that I've found handy in day to day work. Copy and paste Absolutely necessary. ctrl + c (copy) and ctrl + v (paste). Create new folders On Windows, when you are in Explorer ( or File Explorer or Windows Explorer ), which you can open up with the Windows key + e, ctrl + shift + n creates a new folder in the current directory you are viewing. Creating that new folder on the fly Locking your PC Getting up from your desk? You can't just rely on your privacy screen ,...