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Great Reads

by Simon Gulliver

Really? Then why is so much effort wasted writing boilerplate which can be more accurately and efficiently automated?

Using .resw files with UWP Compiled Bindings

by Daniel Vaughan

IntroductionWith UWP and WinRT, Microsoft introduced a new means for localizability, which differs significantly from the method employed in Silverlight and .NET desktop apps.

Putting WCF to Work

by Asher Barak, Itiel Beeri

Infrastructure for large scale WCF services layer development

Building WPF Applications with Self-Tracking Entity Generator and Visual Studio 2012 - IClientChangeTracking Interface

by Weidong Shen

This article describes the IClientChangeTracking interface generated by Self-Tracking Entity Generator and Visual Studio 2012.

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Taking Your Brain to Another Dimension - A C# library for Physical Units

by Keith Barrett

A C# library for use in physics and engineering calculations

Audit Tables and Data Versioning on SQL Server

by Rick Drizin

Simple structure for keeping SQL Server Auditing Tables and Versioned Records in the same set of tables, using Audit Triggers and Entity Framework

Text Template Transformation Engine / Code Generation Tool in C#

by Ryan Scott White

A simple drop-in function that provides T4 like template based text generation.

Auto Transform T4 (Text Template Transformation Toolkit) Templates on Project Build

by rohitsies

This article describes an advanced technique and configuration to automatically transform and run your all or selected T4 templates when a project is build.

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So you enjoy writing boilerplate?

30 Jun 2016 by Simon Gulliver

Really? Then why is so much effort wasted writing boilerplate which can be more accurately and efficiently automated?

Windows

VS2013

WCF

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Using .resw files with UWP Compiled Bindings

1 Oct 2015 by Daniel Vaughan

IntroductionWith UWP and WinRT, Microsoft introduced a new means for localizability, which differs significantly from the method employed in Silverlight and .NET desktop apps.

Windows

XAML

UWP

Putting WCF to Work

14 Jan 2016 by Asher Barak, Itiel Beeri

Infrastructure for large scale WCF services layer development

Building WPF Applications with Self-Tracking Entity Generator and Visual Studio 2012 - IClientChangeTracking Interface

7 Mar 2013 by Weidong Shen

This article describes the IClientChangeTracking interface generated by Self-Tracking Entity Generator and Visual Studio 2012.

T4 for MVC - right approach for creating a MVC app (or) a sample

16 Aug 2013 by Syed Shabeer

Hi there,I am pretty new to T4 templates. I am seeking help to start creating a page using T4 templates.It seems most of the t4 editors are paid versions. However, i found a tool which is indeed free (http://www.devart.com/t4-editor/download.html[^])Now i am stuck in creating pages...

MVC

ASP.NET

T4 for MVC - right approach for creating a MVC app (or) a sample

16 Aug 2013 by Andreas Gieriet

For public accessible content, see T4 Tutorial: Creating your first code generator[^] and Code Generation and T4 Text Templates[^].Have also a look at the T4 MVC specifig blog post T4 Templates: A Quick-Start Guide for ASP.NET MVC Developers[^]CheersAndi

MVC

ASP.NET

What the difference between assembly directive and import directive in T4 template

20 Apr 2014 by Member 10194508

maybe this is a stupid question, thanks for any reply!

What the difference between assembly directive and import directive in T4 template

20 Apr 2014 by Member 10194508

I solve by my self,the assembly directive reference a with a .dll extensionfor example: system.xml.dll or use standard macro names like system.xmland the import directive just reference namefor example: system.xml, system.data, yourCustomerNamespace

Insert statement taking too much time

4 Sep 2014 by deepakaitr12345

Hi Friends,I have been facing one issue that is, insert statement taking too much time.I have the same replica copy of database and code but locally it takes fraction of seconds,but when i deploy the code on the web server it is taking around 110 seconds for only 5000 records.Only one...

MVC5

SQL-Server-2008R2

How can I t4 scaffold from powershell.exe using Jenkin for nightlybuild

29 Sep 2014 by Member 11111448

We use our .net project fully based on t4Scaffold Template. So we have to automate this. Actually we tried to execute powershell command but scaffolding commands not working. just like "The term 'T4Scaffolding' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function,...

how to edit existing class model with t4 template?

2 Oct 2015 by Sreekanth Mothukuru

Install Visual Studio Extension tangible T4 Editor to edit or create T4 file and to generate POCO classeshttps://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/b0e2dde6-5408-42c2-bc92-ac36942bbee9[^]Also, follow this link on how to write T4 text...

Read a T4 template file in a vsix extension at runtime.

6 Jul 2019 by Member 13065842

hi, I'm using Visual Studio 2019 community and created a VSIX extension project. In the project, I have some *.tt in a custom folder, the property "Build Action" was set to "Content" and "include in VSIX" was set to "True". When launch debug, the folder will be copied to output directory and...

Visual-Studio

Audit Tables and Data Versioning on SQL Server

23 Nov 2021 by Rick Drizin

Simple structure for keeping SQL Server Auditing Tables and Versioned Records in the same set of tables, using Audit Triggers and Entity Framework

Taking Your Brain to Another Dimension - A C# library for Physical Units

12 Mar 2023 by Keith Barrett

A C# library for use in physics and engineering calculations

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Learning Entity Framework (Day 2): Code First Approach and Migrations in Microsoft .NET Entity Framework

28 Sep 2018 by Akhil Mittal

Code First Approach and Migrations in Microsoft .NET Entity Framework

Another set of ASP.NET MVC (4) tips

13 Aug 2013 by Florian Rappl

Second part in my annualy list of tips, this time including JavaScript, controls, tooling and customization, which has been build up from recent ASP.NET MVC 4 programming journeys.

Walkthrough: How to increment AssemblyFileVersion automatically at each build using T4

25 Sep 2013 by Bruno Tagliapietra

Sometimes it could be useful to automatically increment the file version of an assembly at each build; this can be done even if you don't know MSBuild, using T4.

.NET

Windows

Dev

Learning Entity Framework (Day 1) : Data Access Approaches of Entity Framework in .NET

27 Sep 2018 by Akhil Mittal

In this article, we look at how we can leverage Entity Framework approaches and, as per need, use those.

Mozilla Firefox CSS Parser Ported to C#

1 Jun 2015 by Athari

C# CSS parser with with support for all modern CSS features.

ASP.NET MVC 5: Building Your First Web Application - Part 1

3 Jul 2018 by Vincent Maverick Durano

This article is part 1 of the series for building a simple web application in ASP.NET MVC 5.

Text Template Transformation Engine / Code Generation Tool in C#

8 May 2021 by Ryan Scott White

A simple drop-in function that provides T4 like template based text generation.

Tree View with "CRUD operations", "drag and drop (DnD)" and "Lazy Loading" using Dojo Tree, Entity Framework, SQL Server, ASP.NET MVC

5 Mar 2012 by Nikfazan

This article shows how you can make a Tree with hierarchical data supporting "CRUD operations", "drag and drop (DnD)" and "Lazy Loading" using Dojo store driven Tree, Entity Framework, SQL Server, ASP.NET MVC.

Angular 4 Insert, Update, Delete with ASP.NET WEB API

20 Sep 2018 by Sujeet Bhujbal

Angular 4 Insert, Update, Delete with ASP.NET WEB API

Windows Phone Settings Page Generation with T4

12 Nov 2013 by JuiceOntour, Infoteam SA

An elegant solution for standardized and rapid settings page generation for Windows Phone

Windows-Phone-8

XAML

Auto Transform T4 (Text Template Transformation Toolkit) Templates on Project Build

3 Jul 2019 by rohitsies

This article describes an advanced technique and configuration to automatically transform and run your all or selected T4 templates when a project is build.

T4 for MVC - right approach for creating a MVC app (or) a sample

16 Aug 2013 by Jameel VM

Try thishttp://pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/t4-templates[^]You can use trial version of pluralsight.Hope this helps

MVC

ASP.NET

how to edit existing class model with t4 template?

2 Oct 2015 by MohsenSaleh

i have an class model with some properties and need to add piece of code in set section :class person{ string _name; public string Name { get { return _name; // code } set { _name = value; ...

Insert statement taking too much time

4 Sep 2014 by thatraja

Check this threadSQL runs fast in SSMS slow in ASP.NET[^]

MVC5

SQL-Server-2008R2

How to access Entiydatamodel in T4 template.

22 Jun 2015 by NagaRaju Pesarlanka

Hi,I want to access my entity data model in T4 templates.I want to generate some code from database in t4 template.ex: using(var context=new Mymodel()) { //db operations } Please help methank you....

C#5.0

EF6.0

SQL-Server-2008R2