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Isolating Metadata
Wed, Feb 13 2008 9:26

In code generation, metadata is the information about your application, generally about your database and definitions to express your data as business objects. If you use Entity Framework, your metadata is the edmx file which is displayed via the designers. If you’re using CodeSmith, the metadata is more subtle. Metadata can also be about the process itself.... Read More...

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Why You Care About System.AddIn
Thu, Jan 3 2008 13:31

When I was fighting with AppDomains to support XML Linq code generation in my new Workflow based code generator, Bill McCarthy said “Hey did you look at System.AddIn” and I said “No, silly I’m not writing add-ins.” Well, a few months later, I’m still trying to make it work, and have come to think it’s worth the trouble. So, first, what System.AddIn namespace... Read More...

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Filed under: .NET, Code Generation, Design, Visual Basic, Sytem.AddIn