Download CodeSmith 5.0, which is currently in Beta 2, but looks to be released fairly soon. CodeSmith is one of the earlier code generation tools and I have used it in the past quite a lot for generating business objects, data access layers, and other custom classes and files.
CodeSmith is a template-based code generator, which means you create templates using a very familiar ASP-Style of coding and can generate source code for ASP.NET, C#, VB, HTML, etc. What I think I like most about CodeSmith is the active community that builds and shares code generation templates. As mentioned, you can get templates that generate business objects and data access layers as well as code generation templates specifically built to support 3rd party tools and libraries like: LINQ To SQL, NHibernate, CSLA, .netTiers, etc.
CodeSmith 5.0 offers a few improvements:
- Performance Improvements
- Improved CodeSmith Projects
- Supports Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
- New and Improved Code Generation Templates
You can learn more about CodeSmith 5.0 here.
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