This article is a part of a series that introduces code generation using C# and Text Templates (also known as T4 Templates) in Visual Studio; explains how to create reusable templates and combine them in complex code generators.

Suddenly, at least it seams so, Microsoft is excited about modeling. At least they joined OMG! Here the summarized current state as well as a lot of links to articles, people and webcasts arround dsl, software factories and codename "Oslo".

This article is a part of a series that introduces code generation using C# and Text Templates (also known as T4 Templates) in Visual Studio; explains how to create reusable templates and combine them in complex code generators.

This article is a part of a series that introduces code generation using C# and Text Templates (also known as T4 Templates) in Visual Studio; explains how to create reusable templates and combine them in complex code generators.

This article is a part of a series that introduces code generation using C# and Text Templates (also known as T4 Templates) in Visual Studio; explains how to create reusable templates and combine them in complex code generators.

This is the first post in a series that introduces code generation using C# and Text Templates (also known as T4 Templates) in Visual Studio; explains how to create reusable templates and combine them in complex code generators.

This article describes a custom T4 directive processor for converting XML schema definitions into .NET classes, which allows using strongly-typed code to extract information from various XML files. In particular, this simplifies creating custom T4 code generation templates for LINQ to SQL .dbml file...

Database tables often contain columns that store “codes”, or values with special meaning. In application code, these special values can be encapsulated as enumerations. This article demonstrates how to use T4 code generation templates and Visual Studio CodeModel API to generate SQL views that encaps...

This is part three of my five-part tutorial that shows how to implement a web-based database application with a powerful MDA-Tool called OlivaNova Modeler. In this part, I'll explain how to implement nearly any business logic within the software model. When generating the code, the business logic is...

This is part two of my five-part tutorial about implementing a web-based database application with the OlivaNova Modeler. In this part, we're going to discuss a rather simple task, the creation of classes, attributes, associations and inheritance. Modeling the class diagram is the foundation of mode...

This article shows you how to implement a rock-solid, multi-tier, scalable, AJAXified C# ASP.NET client/server-application with ease. The tutorial consists of five parts that show how the application has been modeled. Today, I'd like to start with a short introduction and the specification of the ap...

This post shows how to create unit tests that run during T4 template transformation. This approach allows creating automated tests for template code that relies on specific capabilities of a T4 host, such as access to Visual Studio extensibility APIs. The post includes a ready to use test runner for...

Javi shows how unique index information can be retrieved from SQL Server catalog in order to determine the relationship type (One-To-One or One-To-Many) in a code generation scenario.

This article provides an in-depth look at the architecture of T4 template transformation process, discusses some constraints that limit template design, describes techniques that can be used to work around these limitations and points out some (sometimes undocumented) mechanisms for making your T4 t...