Comments on: T4 and CodeDOM - Better Together http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-and-codedom-better-together/ Interfaces are like alcohol - they are a lot of fun when used in moderation. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:22:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: John http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-and-codedom-better-together/#comment-3405 John Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:10:38 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-and-codedom-better-together/#comment-3405 Jenda; you can't mix languages within a project, so if your project is C# then C# is the language that must be produced by the code generator. Jenda; you can’t mix languages within a project, so if your project is C# then C# is the language that must be produced by the code generator.

]]> By: Jenda http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-and-codedom-better-together/#comment-3304 Jenda Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:00:01 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-and-codedom-better-together/#comment-3304 Erm ... what do I care what language did the template produce? I ain't supposed to touch the results anyway. As far as I am concerned it could generate Brainfuck, as long as I can compile it and use and extend the classes I could not care less. Besides there's so little difference between C# and VB.Net that it doesn't matter which I get. Erm … what do I care what language did the template produce? I ain’t supposed to touch the results anyway.
As far as I am concerned it could generate Brainfuck, as long as I can compile it and use and extend the classes I could not care less.
Besides there’s so little difference between C# and VB.Net that it doesn’t matter which I get.

]]> By: Mike http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-and-codedom-better-together/#comment-3035 Mike Tue, 04 May 2010 09:19:36 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-and-codedom-better-together/#comment-3035 Well that just makes my brain hurt. But in a good way. This is helpful for creating ASP.NET BuildProviders based on T4. Well that just makes my brain hurt. But in a good way. This is helpful for creating ASP.NET BuildProviders based on T4.

]]> By: Oleg Sych http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-and-codedom-better-together/#comment-2420 Oleg Sych Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:20:52 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-and-codedom-better-together/#comment-2420 Updated content and source code to be compatible with version 9.10 of the T4 Toolbox. Updated content and source code to be compatible with version 9.10 of the T4 Toolbox.

]]> By: Justin Chase http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-and-codedom-better-together/#comment-2256 Justin Chase Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:31:11 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-and-codedom-better-together/#comment-2256 Howdy. Check out this project: http://metasharp.codeplex.com It's specifically designed to solve this problem. There are multiple types of transformations supported, Text->AST, AST->AST, AST->Text are just some common scenarios. Specifically, in this case, you generate code in a T4 style MetaSharp templating language which compiles to CodeDom... Additionally, you could get the same results by creating a C# T4 template then using NRefactory to parse the C# and convert it into CodeDom objects so it can compile in VB projects. MetaSharp does the same thing essentially, except the language is intentionally part way between C# and VB and is just slightly more complex than bare bones CLS compliance. Also, you can use it to compile to dynamic code or anything else. But I agree with your line of thinking for the most part, for what it's worth. Howdy. Check out this project:
http://metasharp.codeplex.com

It’s specifically designed to solve this problem. There are multiple types of transformations supported, Text->AST, AST->AST, AST->Text are just some common scenarios. Specifically, in this case, you generate code in a T4 style MetaSharp templating language which compiles to CodeDom…

Additionally, you could get the same results by creating a C# T4 template then using NRefactory to parse the C# and convert it into CodeDom objects so it can compile in VB projects.

MetaSharp does the same thing essentially, except the language is intentionally part way between C# and VB and is just slightly more complex than bare bones CLS compliance. Also, you can use it to compile to dynamic code or anything else.

But I agree with your line of thinking for the most part, for what it’s worth.

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