[Mono-list] Question on Code Generation

[Joseph Hill]

The value of CodeSmith is not the code generator.  It's the additional 
tooling they provide for developing and consuming the templates, the 
extensive library of templates available, and the community of template 
developers...

--Joseph
>> I see what CodeSmith actually generates, it may be relatively
>> straightforward to produce a template generator
>>     
> I did an eval and tossed it.
> You can duplicate enough of what it does in very little time.
>
>   
>> cut down the clutter
>>     
> ???  You can clutter things with the templates you build, or not.
>
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> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 7:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Question on Code Generation
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>> Well, sounds like I'll have to roll up some sleeves and start hacking. :-)
>> Actually, that's what one of the other teams is using (of which I have 
>> very
>> little information other than the tools they use, e.g. Visual Studio and
>> CodeSmith).  Me and my co-workers are expecting that we may have to adopt
>> that to dive right in and work with their code.  As of now, the word is 
>> that
>> CodeSmith will be able to cut down the clutter on many things.  I presume 
>> if
>> I see what CodeSmith actually generates, it may be relatively
>> straightforward to produce a template generator.
>>
>> If anyone has ideas and opinions, I'll really appreciate it because it's
>> still some time away from when I'll be doing some heavy .Net work and 
>> would
>> be nice to be prepared.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> Trober wrote:
>>     
>>>> Can anyone shed some light?
>>>>         
>>> there's not that much to CodeSmith, why bother vs. building a quick
>>> parser/template/generator?
>>> you're better off getting a simple grammar(s) together with an 
>>> easy-to-use
>>> parser, and just fill in the templates yourself
>>> you'll own the generators when done, and they don't take up that much
>>> extra
>>> effort vs. what they save
>>>
>>>       
>>>> I'm anticipating a lot of code-generation heavy work.
>>>>         
>>> shed some light on what you're trying to build.
>>> Anything that's ORM, service framework (aspx, asmx, WCF, etc.), and even
>>> UI
>>> parts should be auto-gen'd  :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "anton123" <niniendowarrior at gmail.com>
>>> To: <mono-list at lists.ximian.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 6:00 PM
>>> Subject: [Mono-list] Question on Code Generation
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>>>> I'm wondering if there's a Mono substitute/counterpart to CodeSmith (or
>>>> if
>>>> Mono does support CodeSmith).  I'm hoping it might since I'm 
>>>> anticipating
>>>> a
>>>> lot of code-generation heavy work.  Can anyone shed some light?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you so much!
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