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Code Generation in Microsoft .NET

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  • © 2004

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Authors:
  1. Kathleen Dollard
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  • Coverage of all three significant .NET code generation mechanisms: Manual code generation, XSL/XML and CodeDom
  • Real solutions to the problem of protecting handcrafted code across regeneration
  • Covers code generation in the broader picture of how applications are developed
  • Addresses a new trend in enterprise software development that will reduce costs and improve efficiency and reliability

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N2-xxx
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  2. The Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introducing Code Generation

      • Kathleen Dollard
      Pages 3-51

    3. Extracting Metadata

      • Kathleen Dollard
      Pages 53-111

    4. Outputting Code

      • Kathleen Dollard
      Pages 113-177

    5. Writing Handcrafted Code

      • Kathleen Dollard
      Pages 179-213

    6. Tying It All Together

      • Kathleen Dollard
      Pages 215-289

  3. Code Generation in Action

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 291-291
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    2. Mapping Database Structure into Business Objects

      • Kathleen Dollard
      Pages 293-343

    3. Generating Stored Procedures

      • Kathleen Dollard
      Pages 345-375

    4. Generating Middle Tier Templates

      • Kathleen Dollard
      Pages 377-419

    5. Generating a WinForms Application

      • Kathleen Dollard
      Pages 421-470

    6. Generating a Web User Interface

      • Kathleen Dollard
      Pages 471-507

    7. Establishing Perspective

      • Kathleen Dollard
      Pages 509-542

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 543-730
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About this book

Code generation has the potential to revolutionize application development. Rather than handcrafting each piece of code, developers are increasingly turning to code generation based on templates and applications of business logic to automatically perform a variety of tasks. This book teaches the technical details of code generation in .NET through a coherent series of steps that will help you to incorporate code generation into your own development efforts.

Veteran author Kathleen Dollard teaches code generation as a scripted repeatable process using templates you control, so you're not tied to a particular framework or style. Because you can regenerate code at any time, you can incorporate changes, including database changes, throughout the life of your application. The templates are flexible and designed to work smoothly with the handcrafted code youll use to customize your application. The underlying fundamentals are explained along with three specific techniques: outputting code to a stream, using the Code DOM, and using XSLT-based code generation.

In addition to the text, the tools in the book (downloadable in both VB .NET and C#) include a mechanism to extract information from SQL Server; a tool for editing and running code-generation scripts; a simple, flexible ORM tool that relates your database structure to your runtime class model; and a set of templates you can use as the starting point for your adventures in code generation.

Generating repetitive sections of code frees you to focus on the features that make your application unique. Code generation will turbo-charge your development cycles by offering speed, reusability, agility, and consistency. Go forth and generate!

About the author

Kathleen Dollard has been involved in the computer industry for a long time. She started (she claims) by experimenting with programming in junior high. After graduate work, she worked with the computer group at Texaco Research writing Fortran and helped usher in the age of PCs doing Lotus 1-2-3 macros. After working with 4GLs and Clipper, Dollard became an independent consultant, ultimately moving to Visual Basic when it became clear that Computer Associates would not release the Windows version of Clipper. Dollard is well known for her participation over the last 15 years with online communities, including BBSs, Compuserve, Fawcette, DevX, and Microsoft public newsgroups. She has been recognized in some form for her online work since 1994, and she's been a Microsoft "Most Valuable Professional" since 1998. Dollard is also active in the real-world communities of user groups, most recently with the Denver Visual Studio User Group and the Northern Colorado .NET SIG startup. A well-known writer and speaker, she is currently doing pioneering work in code generation using .NET and XSLT.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Code Generation in Microsoft .NET

  • Authors: Kathleen Dollard

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0705-4

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kathleen Dollard 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-59059-137-6Published: 22 January 2004

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-0705-4Published: 08 July 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXX, 760

  • Number of Illustrations: 34 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Microsoft and .NET, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

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