Video Tutorials

Active Snippets

Imagine Visual Studio 2008 snippets, but with the full power of CodeSmith available to execute any logic or access any complex metadata (including database schema and xml data) to control the output of your snippets. After creating an alias for your ActiveSnippet...

Published 12-15-2008 5:36 PM by shannon

Filed under: Video Tutorial, Active Snippets

Automation with CodeSmith

WIth CodeSmith, you can easily automate your code generation process and can execute templates one at a time or in batches. Check out some of the ways CodeSmith can speed up your code generation process and save you even more time. Watch the Video If...

Published 12-15-2008 5:35 PM by shannon

Filed under: Video Tutorial, Automation, Automate

PLINQO Part 1 - The Quick Start

PLINQO, which stands for Professional LINQ to Objects, is a collection of CodeSmith templates that are meant to replace and extend the LINQ to SQL designers that are included with Visual Studio 2008. Get PLINQO going in under 60 seconds with our new quick...

Published 11-25-2008 7:32 AM by shannon

Filed under: Dynamic Data, PLINQO, Quick Start, Linq To SQL, Video Tutorial

PLINQO Part 2 - Feature Overview

PLINQO, which stands for Professional LINQ to Objects, is a collection of CodeSmith templates that are meant to replace and extend the LINQ to SQL designers that are included with Visual Studio 2008. Use Plinqo to it's full potential. In part 2, we...

Published 11-25-2008 7:26 AM by shannon

Filed under: PLINQO, Video Tutorial, Feature Overview

Using CodeSmith NHibernate Templates

We have updated our NHibernate templates and have packaged together C# and VB NHibernate templates. We will walk you through getting started and using these templates. NHibernate is an Object-relational mapping (ORM) solution for the Microsoft .NET platform...

Published 11-04-2008 11:57 AM by shannon

Filed under: NHibernate Video Tutorial

CodeSmith Explorer

CodeSmith Explorer provides an easy interface for organizing and executing CodeSmith templates. In this tutorial, we will walk you through CodeSmith Explorer and show the benefits and time-savings that CodeSmith Explorer can provide when managing and...

Published 11-04-2008 11:25 AM by shannon

Filed under: CodeSmith Explorer Video Tutorial

Merge Strategies

Merge strategies answer the question: how do I customize generated code without losing my customizations when the code is regenerated? Merge strategies are carried out by classes that implement the CodeSmith.Engine.IMergeStrategy interface. You can create...

Published 10-28-2008 12:49 PM by shannon

Filed under: Merge Strategies Video Tutorial

Xml Property

The XmlProperty directive gives you a strongly-typed object model and statement completion for metadata stored in XML files. CodeSmith allows you to store metadata in external XML files. To incorporate XML metadata in your templates, you use an XmlProperty...

Published 10-28-2008 12:16 PM by shannon

Filed under: Xml Property Video Tutorial

Master Templates

Master Templates provide an efficient way to execute many templates known as sub-templates at one time. Master Templates are very useful when creating dynamic, structured and well controlled output. Discover all the possibilities Master Templates offer...

Published 10-15-2008 11:26 AM by shannon

Filed under: Master Templates CodeSmith Video Tutorial

Visual Studio Integration

The tight integration with Visual Studio allows you to fully manage template execution right from Visual Studio! This means you can maintain a high Code Generation presence right within Visual Studio and not have to switch applications to run code generation...

Published 10-15-2008 10:52 AM by shannon

Filed under: CodeSmith Visual Studio Integration Video Tutorial

CodeSmith Projects

One of CodeSmith's most powerful features is CodeSmith Projects. Jump start your knowledge of CodeSmith Projects and get familiar with some tips and tricks to make the most use of CodeSmith Projects. Whether you are working with Visual Studio, MSBuild...

Published 10-07-2008 1:48 PM by shannon

Filed under: CodeSmith Project Video Tutorial

SchemaExplorer

SchemaExplorer is CodeSmith's built-in interface for working with metadata from databases. Join us for a quick tour of the features of SchemaExplorer and how they can be used with CodeSmith. http://www.codesmithtools.com/video/schemaexplorer.html

Published 10-07-2008 1:42 PM by shannon

Filed under: CodeSmith Schema Explorer Video Tutorial

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