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Another day another CodeSmith Composite Power Play

CodeSmith on NewsGator Online — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:46:54 GMT

I sling a lot of data in and out of my Jobs Management Application and this afternoon's slinging consisted of Job Estimate data from Microsoft Access. The process occurs through a Community Server background task and consists of three steps. 1) Request the List<Business Object>, 2) Retrieve the data to populate it in the AccessDataProvider, and 3) Pass it off to the SqlDataProvider. I had written CodeSmith templates to perform various aspects of the Access Data Import process, but not what...(read more)

Getting Started with CodeSmith - Hello World!

CodeSmith on NewsGator Online — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:21:00 GMT

CodeSmith is really a cool tool and experience programmers should make it part of their arsenal. Not only can CodeSmith automate many of the redundant coding task a team does, but the templates that comes with it is great for studying a lot of the industry patterns available including nHibernate, NetTiers and CSLA. So, what is CodeSmith? CodeSmith is a template based code generator. In concept it is very similar to .NET ASPX pages, except that ASPX generates HTML but CodeSmith generates a...(read more)

EntitySpaces Beta II - Full CodeSmith Support (C#/VB)

CodeSmith on NewsGator Online — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:49:56 GMT

The EntitySpaces 2008 Beta II is now available. The version number is 2008.0.0427.0 and is available for download now on our home page . You should uninstall any prior ES2008 alpha or beta that you may have installed. You can run ES2007 and ES2008 side-by-side. Do not install ES2008 over the top of ES2007. EntitySpaces 2008 has proven to be a big undertaking. Every EntitySpaces template has been rewritten using our new metadata engine and is now supported in both MyGeneration and CodeSmith, many...(read more)

Senior C#.NET Developer / Architect With Codesmith

CodeSmith on NewsGator Online — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Senior C#.NET Developer / Architect With Codesmith Experience Contract Senior C#.NET Developer/Architect with Codesmith experience Looking for a strong C#.NET Developer who has experience utilizing Codesmith for code generation and who also has experience utilizing ASP.NET and SQL Server 2005. The c ......(read more)

CodeSmith 4.1.4

ejsmith — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:03:00 GMT

* Fixed a content encoding issue in the CodeSmith Studio start page.
* Fixed a bug in the SQL schema provider that was preventing some default parameter values from being parsed.
* Fixed MySQL schema provider to use any version of the MySQL binaries.
* Various bug fixes.

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Sr. C#.NET Developer/Architect with Codesmith experience

CodeSmith on NewsGator Online — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:00:00 GMT

GA-Atlanta, Looking for a strong C#.NET Developer who has experience utilizing Codesmith for code generation and who also has experience utilizing ASP.NET and SQL Server 2005. The consultant will be developing hi...(read more)

Using Codesmith and .netTiers to build a Data Access Layer

CodeSmith on NewsGator Online — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:06:00 GMT

Some time ago, I have involved in a National Energy company information system (CIS) development. It is actually the project developed by my company and I am a junior of the developer team. We start it by explaining and discussing about all the detail and requirement of database because this is the main part and most important part of this project. My data layer syntax in asp.net is using codesmith and .nettiers as tools to simplified and shortened my programming. Main Codesmith is a client application...(read more)

In Eager Anticipation of New England Code Camp 9

CodeSmith on NewsGator Online — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:38:36 GMT

I've been spending my latenight geek sessions this week preparing for my "Patterns of Splendor" Advanced CodeSmith presentation at New England Code Camp 9 this weekend. That means updating Visual Studio projects, databases and CodeSmith template libraries on my laptop and walking through the demos to make sure there are no glitches. The fact that CodeSmith with version 4.0 saves all template properties from the prior execution will keep the Splendid Show moving along breezily. There's...(read more)

Farm Credit Services of America

shannon — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:37:00 GMT

Farm Credit Services of America found that the software tools needed to provide their services to their customers or employees were not available on the open market so they have been forced to build a lot of software themselves. In an environment where rules change quickly and often, manual software updates were time consuming and expensive. They had tried code generation before and were not happy with a process that required constant editing of code generated to meet their needs... Read More

DatabaseGen

CodeSmith on NewsGator Online — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:57:38 GMT

Thank you for providing netTiers . It has saved me many hours of development time and it is a joy to work with. Attached is a new CodeSmith template (not related to netTiers directly) which can generate SQL database scripts from a single ......(read more)

NuSoft Solutions

shannon — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:10:00 GMT

Using CodeSmith, members of the NuSoft team gathered together all the components of their successful projects and experiences and created a custom set of CodeSmith templates known as The NuSoft Framework. The coding phase of each project at NuSoft begins by using CodeSmith to generate a very clean set of busines and data layer entities that are easily extended. “Immediately, we were able to cut 30% of development time off our projects. Instead of customers investing less in our services, they were investing more because we were able to provide more functionality than they were expecting going into the project.” Two weeks of work can now be completed in one hour, and each customer benefits from NuSoft’s most experienced architects on every solution provided. Customers are extremely satisfied when they see high-quality results in such a short period of time... Read More

BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies

shannon — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:02:00 GMT

Using CodeSmith’s .NetTiers templates, BAE Systems creates the base code for the prototype systems in a day or two and immediately start focusing on features. CodeSmith gives them the capability to complete their projects much quicker, and they can now complete projects in a fraction of the time it would take without using CodeSmith. In one case, an estimated four month project was completed in... Read More

asp.netPRO Readers' Choice Awards 2008

ejsmith — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:17:00 GMT

It's that time of year again, if you are a fan of CodeSmith and would like to show your support, please take a moment to place your vote for CodeSmith in the Utility category of the asp.netPRO Readers’ Choice Awards. We are very thankful and proud to have won this award for the last two years straight and hope to keep the streak alive! Each year, asp.netPRO recognizes outstanding products and vendors in the ASP.NET add-on market. Please take a moment to select your favorite ASP.NET tools. This...(read more)

Useful CodeSmith Templates

CodeSmith on NewsGator Online — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This article is an example of some useful codesmith templates that explains how they work. Brian illustrates CodeSmith at a more practical level, while getting some real-world examples as well. After a short introduction, he deeply examines the required steps to generate Web Control and Configuration Section Properties. He wraps up by showing how to generate AJAX Client Control Classes with the help of source codes....(read more)

We're hiring!

shannon — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:32:00 GMT

Want to work at a growing, fast-paced, high energy software company? CodeSmith Tools is looking for candidates to help us fill the following position: C# Developer Consider this an opportunity to grow your skills within our small, dynamic development team currently living on the cutting edge using VS 2008, C#, LINQ, Entity Framework, Ext JS, SQL Server 2005 and CodeSmith templates. Also, you will have the opportunity to get your name out into the .NET namespace communicating with customers in the...(read more)

EntitySpaces 2008 Alpha Released

CodeSmith on NewsGator Online — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:57:57 GMT

This Alpha release supports only C# class generation from within CodeSmith , and only supports Microsoft SqlServer. A subsequent beta release will support CodeSmith , MyGeneration, C#/VB.NET classes, and all of our providers. ......(read more)

CodeSmith 4.1.3

ejsmith — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:17:00 GMT

* Various improvements to the Plinqo templates.
* Made some improvements to the StringUtil.ToPlural and StringUtil.ToSingular methods.
* Save all documents and projects before running the GenerateOutputs command.
* Fixed a rare CodeSmith Studio crash when loading additional files outside of th IDE.
* Added SqlNativeType-SqlDbType.csmap.
* Added Stack Trace to error messages resulting from attempting to generate a project.
* Updated to the latest version of the syntax editor control which fixes several issues.
* Changed CodeSmith engine to use the application / system configuration to figure out which CodeDOM provider to use. This makes it possible to use other template languages.
* Fixed a bug with the default parameter regex in SqlSchemaProvider not recognizing parameters defined with the AS keyword.

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Sam Gentile's Inessential List of Tools

CodeSmith on NewsGator Online — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:00:00 GMT

I get asked a lot what tools I use, and have planned to write a post. As my buddy Harry got there first , I have also taken the title of "non essential" as he did for the same reason - Scott Hanselman keeps *THE* ultimate list of tools , hence my titling this list as "inessential" (note, it's the list that's inessential, not the tools themselves.) I also note, for completeness, that I am doing a lot less direct coding in an Agile team and more large SOA and ESB projects...(read more)

EntitySpaces for CodeSmith - March 9th, 2008

CodeSmith on NewsGator Online — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:33:52 GMT

We are calling this an Alpha however EntitySpaces is well tested. The alpha will have passed all of our unit tests so it will be very stable. The only reason we are not calling it a Beta is that initially we are only supplying the C# templates, our VB.NET templates will follow in the subsequent Beta. You will not have to register on our site to download the Alpha (same goes for our trial versions). If you are a CodeSmith fan consider taking a look at EntitySpaces, here are some of the features: Mono...(read more)

CodeSmith: Using the SchemaExplorer

CodeSmith on NewsGator Online — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The SchemaExplorer is a mechanism to connect to a database and retrieve data about databases, tables, and columns in CodeSmith Studio. In this article, Brian examines how to set it up in a step-by-step way with the help of relevant code snippets....(read more)

CodeSmith C# Templates on Codeplex

CodeSmith on NewsGator Online — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:13:37 GMT

I have just posted a preview version of new CodeSmith templates to support CSLA 3.5. Please give it a try and I'm looking forward to your feedback (good or bad). I currently on have EditableRoot, EditableChildList, and EditableChild. Other templates will be comming soon. Some notable changes from the earlier version: Support for Linq To SQL: Generates CRUD operations for Linq to SQL. Support optimistic concurrency through timestamp. Split Base no longer supported: The new compiler trick with...(read more)

The EntitySpaces esMetadataEngine and CodeSmith

CodeSmith on NewsGator Online — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:28:54 GMT

In mid March we are going to offer an Alpha release of EntitySpaces 2008 (ES2008) for CodeSmith users. If you are a MyGeneration fan don't worry, your support will be in the Beta release of ES2008 the date of which hasn't been announced yet. This is an image heavy post and we apologize for that, it was really the best way to demonstrate our CodeSmith support. For those interested in code generation if you follow along you will see just how easy our new code generation syntax is. This post...(read more)

Creating Code Smith Templates

CodeSmith on NewsGator Online — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Code Smith is an awesome tool to generate code in the fashion you like. It can generate data access layers, business objects, LINQ queries, ASP.NET pages, and many other types of objects rather seamlessly. This article looks at building ......(read more)

EntitySpaces 2008 and CodeSmith Together At Last

CodeSmith on NewsGator Online — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:52:00 GMT

Imagine never having to leave Visual Studio while creating and shaping your EntitySpaces based application. Simply pop into the "CodeSmith Explorer", right mouse on our "Master Template", execute it, include the newly generated files into your solution, compile, and you're off and running in a matte ......(read more)

No More Writing IPropertySerializers! ..?

CodeSmith on NewsGator Online — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:28:58 GMT

Hi all, I've written a simple class (with source; attached) that will serialize any property of any type, so long as all members are marked Serializable. Which means: no more writing serializers by hand for your types, and you can now serialize collections (lists, dictionaries, etc) with ease. Yay! It works well (hence the "!"), but has a couple kinks I can't figure out (hence the "..?"). It requires that you have .NET 3.0+ installed, as it uses WCF's DataContractSerializer...(read more)