Comments on: Understanding T4: Preprocessed Text Templates http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/ Me.Write(code) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:07:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Oleg Sych http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2449 Oleg Sych Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:40:57 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2449 Brian, You can use built-in Visual Studio debugger with both pre-processed and traditional templates (more <a href="http://www.olegsych.com/2008/09/t4-tutorial-debugging-code-generation-files/" rel="nofollow">here</a>). When I wrote this article, I didn't realize that 2010 provides better support for debugging of .tt than it did in 2008, which didn't handle breakpoints correctly. In 2010, debugging experience for pre-processed and traditional templates is almost the same; in both cases you simply need to have a second instance of Visual Studio to serve as a debugger. Oleg Brian,

You can use built-in Visual Studio debugger with both pre-processed and traditional templates (more here). When I wrote this article, I didn’t realize that 2010 provides better support for debugging of .tt than it did in 2008, which didn’t handle breakpoints correctly. In 2010, debugging experience for pre-processed and traditional templates is almost the same; in both cases you simply need to have a second instance of Visual Studio to serve as a debugger.

Oleg

]]> By: brian http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2448 brian Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:31:50 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2448 Hi Oleg, New preprocessed templates seem to be going in the right direction imho. I have a question as to what you said here: "However, these differences are reduced only to debugging if you are using the T4 Editor to create your templates." Does what you said above mean that you are able to use visual studio's built-in debugger? This is definately an improvement, if so. TIA. Hi Oleg,
New preprocessed templates seem to be going in the right direction imho. I have a question as to what you said here: “However, these differences are reduced only to debugging if you are using the T4 Editor to create your templates.”
Does what you said above mean that you are able to use visual studio’s built-in debugger? This is definately an improvement, if so. TIA.

]]> By: T4 Preprocessed Text Templates in Visual Studio 2010 « Karl On WPF – .Net http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2399 T4 Preprocessed Text Templates in Visual Studio 2010 « Karl On WPF – .Net Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:34:56 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2399 [...] Oleg Sych very nice blog post on T4 Preprocessed Text Templates [...] […] Oleg Sych very nice blog post on T4 Preprocessed Text Templates […]

]]> By: Weekly Web Nuggets #78 : Code Monkey Labs http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2330 Weekly Web Nuggets #78 : Code Monkey Labs Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:58:30 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2330 [...] Understanding T4 - Preprocessed Text Templates: Oleg Sych explains T4 templates. [...] […] Understanding T4 - Preprocessed Text Templates: Oleg Sych explains T4 templates. […]

]]> By: Oleg Sych http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2304 Oleg Sych Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:10:33 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2304 Mark, Check out the References section above to see what Gareth, Pablo and Kathleen had to say on why preprocessed templates are valuable. I don't think I can add much to what they have already said. From my prospective, preprocessed templates are important because they allow authors to develop T4 code generators as traditional .NET assemblies as opposed to sets of .tt files. This can improve performance, development experience and protect intellectual property. Oleg Mark,

Check out the References section above to see what Gareth, Pablo and Kathleen had to say on why preprocessed templates are valuable. I don’t think I can add much to what they have already said.

From my prospective, preprocessed templates are important because they allow authors to develop T4 code generators as traditional .NET assemblies as opposed to sets of .tt files. This can improve performance, development experience and protect intellectual property.

Oleg

]]> By: Mark Kamoski http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2303 Mark Kamoski Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:58:33 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2303 The change looks fine, I suppose, but I do not see the value. The improvement s allow one to start generating partial classes? Huh? My generator already produces partial classes now. If I want to extend the code without touching the generated code, I simply add another partial class and put my hand-written code in it. Am I missing something here? Also, wrt to namespaces, my code generation template sets already have a parameter that allows my generator output to be in whatever namespace I specifiy. Again, I think I am missing something here? Is it some other place the improvements are addressing? If possible, can somebody, please simplify the value-add a bit, for a newbie? Thank you. -- Mark Kamoski The change looks fine, I suppose, but I do not see the value. The improvement s allow one to start generating partial classes? Huh? My generator already produces partial classes now. If I want to extend the code without touching the generated code, I simply add another partial class and put my hand-written code in it. Am I missing something here? Also, wrt to namespaces, my code generation template sets already have a parameter that allows my generator output to be in whatever namespace I specifiy. Again, I think I am missing something here? Is it some other place the improvements are addressing? If possible, can somebody, please simplify the value-add a bit, for a newbie? Thank you. — Mark Kamoski

]]> By: Interesting Finds: 2009 09.22 ~ 09.30 - gOODiDEA.NET http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2299 Interesting Finds: 2009 09.22 ~ 09.30 - gOODiDEA.NET Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:31:32 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2299 [...] Understanding T4: Preprocessed Text Templates [...] […] Understanding T4: Preprocessed Text Templates […]

]]> By: Oleg Sych http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2292 Oleg Sych Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:38:19 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2292 Great point, Filipe. I'll update the article to mention partial class declaration. Great point, Filipe. I’ll update the article to mention partial class declaration.

]]> By: Reflective Perspective - Chris Alcock » The Morning Brew #442 http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2291 Reflective Perspective - Chris Alcock » The Morning Brew #442 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:37:55 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2291 [...] Understanding T4: Preprocessed Text Templates - Oleg Sych digs into some of the details of how T4 Templates work, and looks at the pre-processed text template functionality [...] […] Understanding T4: Preprocessed Text Templates - Oleg Sych digs into some of the details of how T4 Templates work, and looks at the pre-processed text template functionality […]

]]> By: Dew Drop – Early Edition – September 28, 2009 | Alvin Ashcraft's Morning Dew http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2288 Dew Drop – Early Edition – September 28, 2009 | Alvin Ashcraft's Morning Dew Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:16:36 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2009/09/t4-preprocessed-text-templates/#comment-2288 [...] Understanding T4: Preprocessed Text Templates (Oleg Sych) – Link of the Day [...] […] Understanding T4: Preprocessed Text Templates (Oleg Sych) – Link of the Day […]

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