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T4 (Text Template Transformation Toolkit) Code Generation - Best Kept

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:16:17 GMT

Very handy stuff indeed

Creating complex code generators

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:36:56 GMT

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.

Creating reusable code generation templates

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:19:28 GMT

Debugging Code Generation Files

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:18:31 GMT

Troubleshooting Code Generation Errors

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:57:06 GMT

Creating your first code generator

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:56:16 GMT

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.

Extending T4: <#@ xsd #> directive

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:33:46 GMT

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 files and ADO.NET Entity Framework .edmx files. The article includes links to ready to use xsd directive processor and sample source code.

T4 template for generating SQL view from C# enumeration

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:15:23 GMT

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 encapsulate the special values for use in SQL code.

Test runner for T4 unit tests

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:05:15 GMT

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 T4 unit tests.

T4 Architecture

Sun, 18 May 2008 19:56:21 GMT

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 templates more powerful.

T4 Template Design

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:31:49 GMT

This article discusses design challenges developers face as complexity of their T4 templates increases; defines qualities of a reusable T4 templates; discusses techniques that can be used to achieve these qualities and compares their pros and cons.

How to generate multiple outputs from single T4 template

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:32:09 GMT

For some code generation tasks, like generating SELECT stored procedures based on indexes of a given database table, number of output artifacts may not be known upfront. Because T4 was designed to generate a single output file from one template file, developers are forced to generate multiple code artifacts in the same source file. This conflicts with the widely used practice of using one source file per code artifact. This article demonstrates how to work around this limitation of T4, generate multiple files from a single template and automatically add them to a Visual Studio project.

How to use T4 to generate strongly-typed AzMan wrapper

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:33:58 GMT

Very good article on how to use T4 to generate strongly typed class for AzMan instead of accessing it using security application block

How to use T4 to generate strongly-typed AzMan wrapper

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:33:58 GMT

Very good article on how to use T4 to generate strongly typed class for AzMan instead of accessing it using security application block

Links to How To of Text Template Transformation Engine

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:46:51 GMT

This post links to all "How to" articles of Text Template Transformation Toolkit, on MSDN.

Links to How To of Text Template Transformation Engine

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:46:51 GMT

This post links to all "How to" articles of Text Template Transformation Toolkit, on MSDN.

T4 - Built In Directives

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:40:19 GMT

Details on Built-In Directives of Text Template Transformation Engine

T4 - Built In Directives

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:40:19 GMT

Details on Built-In Directives of Text Template Transformation Engine

T4 How-to video and Visual Studio project items

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:34:56 GMT

Hilton Giesenow posted a link to the new MSDN how-to video about creating T4 templates and several ready-to-use project item templates that make T4 items available in the Add New Item dialog box of Visual Studio.

Auto generate release scripts for web application using T4 template

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:40:54 GMT

Automatic Generation of release version of javascript files using AjaxControlToolkit's JavascripCommentStripper.dll and T4 templates

How to use T4 to generate strongly-typed navication class in ASP.NET

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:07:16 GMT

In this article Kirill Chilingarashvili demonstrates how to use a T4 template to generate a navigation class in ASP.NET. This class contains nested classes that represent folders and string constants that represent users control (.ascx) files in the application. Using such navigation class helps to avoid hardcoding file paths as string literals and because it is automatically generated there is no need to maintain string constants manually.

Understanding T4 template transformation

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:29:43 GMT

T4 (Text Template Transformation Toolkit) is a template-based code generation engine. It is available in Visual Studio 2008 and as a download in DSL and GAT toolkits for Visual Studio 2005. This article provides an overview of the template transformation process and demonstrate how different types of template blocks and processing instructions are transformed into code. Each example includes template text, compiled template code and output text.

How to use T4 to generate Decorator classes

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:42:52 GMT

This article demonstrates how to use Introspection (FxCop SDK) and T4 templates to generate C# Decorator classes in Visual Studio.

How to use T4 to generate CRUD stored procedures

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:09:18 GMT

This article demonstrates how to use simple T4 templates to generate CRUD stored procedures. It also shows how T4 code generation can be used in database projects of Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals.

T4 Overview and Examples

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:00:34 GMT

T4 (Text Template Transformation Toolkit) is a free template-based code generation engine from Microsoft. It integrates into Visual Studio and allows you to use ASP.NET-like template syntax to generate C#, configuration or any other text files. This articles provides an overview of T4, compares it to some of the existing alternatives and includes links to ready-to-use T4 template examples.

DotNetKicks.com - Stories tagged with T4

T4 (Text Template Transformation Toolkit) Code Generation - Best Kept

Creating complex code generators

Creating reusable code generation templates

Debugging Code Generation Files

Troubleshooting Code Generation Errors

Creating your first code generator

Extending T4: &lt;#@ xsd #&gt; directive

T4 template for generating SQL view from C# enumeration

Test runner for T4 unit tests

T4 Architecture

T4 Template Design

How to generate multiple outputs from single T4 template

How to use T4 to generate strongly-typed AzMan wrapper

How to use T4 to generate strongly-typed AzMan wrapper

Links to How To of Text Template Transformation Engine

Links to How To of Text Template Transformation Engine

T4 - Built In Directives

T4 - Built In Directives

T4 How-to video and Visual Studio project items

Auto generate release scripts for web application using T4 template

How to use T4 to generate strongly-typed navication class in ASP.NET

Understanding T4 template transformation

How to use T4 to generate Decorator classes

How to use T4 to generate CRUD stored procedures

T4 Overview and Examples

Extending T4: <#@ xsd #> directive