Let’s Talk Templates

re: Let’s Talk Templates

Kathleen — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:02:26 GMT

Kenny,

What problems did you encounter?

Many are related to architcture rather than code generation, or arise from different environments (pre-OO, no generics, etc) that make code generation more challenging.

Kathleen

re: Let’s Talk Templates

Kathleen — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:00:32 GMT

Vish,

Teh TTT stuff is interesting. I have not put much time into it, partly because I haven't gotten into the domain specific model. It does allow you to access input data outside the domain model, meaning you could access metadata similar to other generation approaches. But if you're doing that, I'm not sure how much the MS DSL model is giving you. I'll be intersetd if you have a different perspective as you explore it - particulary what the tool is giving you.

Kathleen

re: Let’s Talk Templates

KennyMcCormack — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:47:27 GMT

Sounds great!

re: Let’s Talk Templates

Rob — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:09:40 GMT

I have to admit, you are really going to have to sell me on code generation. I used code gen techniques a couple of years back, and I know things have considerably changed since then, but I have also discovered other techniques that enable me to write less code and don't require generation either. So, I'm counting on a really good punch line...

re: Let’s Talk Templates

Vish — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:32:26 GMT

Hi Kathleen,

I am not able to get too much information on the technology the above code generation technique uses from the post. Hopefully, it will become more clearer with your upcoming posts.

I would like your take on TTT from Microsoft though.

msdn2.microsoft.com/.../microsoft.visualstudio.texttemplating(VS.80).aspx

msdn2.microsoft.com/.../bb126468(VS.80).aspx

Vish