CodeSmith 5.0 Beta Released

CodeSmith 5.0 Beta has been released and is now available to the public.

Here are just a few of the new capabilities in CodeSmith 5.0:

• Huge Performance Improvements - Caching optimizations and improvements in SchemaExplorer have resulted in huge performance improvements in generation time.  Using .netTiers on a large database went from taking 11 minutes and 45 seconds in 4.1 down to 1 minute and 40 seconds in 5.0.
  
• Improved CodeSmith Projects - Manage outputs easier, works with source control, generates single file outputs, smooth custom tool upgrades, create code behind files, set build actions, and much more...
  
• Supports Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 - use .NET 3.5 features in templates including LINQ simply by setting the CompilerVersion attribute on CodeTemplate to "v3.5".
• More Templates - Now you can keep up with the latest CodeSmith templates simply by staying in sync with the CodeSmith Samples project on Google Code
  • .netTiers 2.3 Beta included
  • Updated NHibernate templates
  • PLINQO template improvements
    
  • NuSoft Framework templates included
    
  • More VB templates and samples than ever before!!