FWIW in Lazarus i rarely type begin or end, i type b and press ctrl+j with the IDE adding "begin", "end" and placing the cursor right between them at the proper indentation.
Similarly i rarely update the var section manually, i just press F9 to compile, the IDE moves the cursor right at the missing variable (the compiler is fast enough to make this almost instant), i press Ctrl+Shift+C and the IDE adds the variable. Same for the interface and implementation sections (think header and source files in C but at the same source code): i write the declaration for the classes, procedures functions, etc, press Ctrl+Shift+C and the IDE creates the bodies for their definitions automatically. Using Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down arrow i can move quickly between the declaration (in interface section) and definition (in implementation section) for each entry, allowing for quick filling in the code.
There are other shortcut keys, etc in Lazarus and i never really feel like having to type boilerplate code myself - but i still get the benefit of the more readable Pascal code (i have decades of active C and Pascal experience and i always find Pascal to be the more readable of the two, especially when looking at other people's code).
Similarly i rarely update the var section manually, i just press F9 to compile, the IDE moves the cursor right at the missing variable (the compiler is fast enough to make this almost instant), i press Ctrl+Shift+C and the IDE adds the variable. Same for the interface and implementation sections (think header and source files in C but at the same source code): i write the declaration for the classes, procedures functions, etc, press Ctrl+Shift+C and the IDE creates the bodies for their definitions automatically. Using Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down arrow i can move quickly between the declaration (in interface section) and definition (in implementation section) for each entry, allowing for quick filling in the code.
There are other shortcut keys, etc in Lazarus and i never really feel like having to type boilerplate code myself - but i still get the benefit of the more readable Pascal code (i have decades of active C and Pascal experience and i always find Pascal to be the more readable of the two, especially when looking at other people's code).