Archives for September, 2008

T4 Tutorial: Creating complex code generators


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

T4 Tutorial: Creating reusable code generation templates


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

T4 Tutorial: Debugging Code Generation Files


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

September meeting of Tampa Bay IASA chapter


SharePoint Architectural Perspectives
While SharePoint does have the one-button install option, it isn’t a monolithic application that just gets dropped on a server. SharePoint has a number of moving pieces that should be understood by both infrastructure and application architects. In this session, we’ll review the architectural makeup of SharePoint’s infrastructure, as well as the components […]

T4 Tutorial: Troubleshooting Code Generation Errors


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

T4 Tutorial: Creating your first code generator


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

Killing three birds with one stone


I’ve had a difficult time trying to start a series of posts explaining design of T4 Toolbox. For instance, it includes a class called Template. When I sat down to write about it, the question I asked myself and tried to answer was “What is a Template?” Well, it’s a template. I’ve been thinking about […]