I got into code generation back when you had to hand code all your GUI by hand... I think in pascal.... anyway just seemed easier than spending a year fleshing out application UI. Today I have tools to spin up all kinds of boring boilerplate. I believe it is a useful skill to have.
Thanks Shawn, this two video were helpful and made it less daunting to step into source generators in fact. You showed some tips & tricks that, well, as I said make me feel safer to try an experiment with it. I see the possibilities are endless again. Where did you find this most useful? And where would you say, no you're going too far.
The problem where you're unable to see the updated generated code, and you have to close and reopen VS, do you think it could get solved by cleaning and rebuilding the whole solution without closing VS?
Nice, looking forward to Part 3
Um, there were only two parts. What would you want me to cover?
best introduction to this topic, many thanks
You are welcome!
Great, I started with the ISourceGenerator to generate code but you complete my knowledge with your code and your explanation.
Great
Thanks Shawn, really appreciate your efforts.
No worries!
I got into code generation back when you had to hand code all your GUI by hand... I think in pascal.... anyway just seemed easier than spending a year fleshing out application UI. Today I have tools to spin up all kinds of boring boilerplate. I believe it is a useful skill to have.
Thanks Shawn, this two video were helpful and made it less daunting to step into source generators in fact. You showed some tips & tricks that, well, as I said make me feel safer to try an experiment with it. I see the possibilities are endless again.
Where did you find this most useful? And where would you say, no you're going too far.
Not sure. I used it in my MinimalApiDiscovery project as having the code (instead of using Reflection) means that AOT compilation can optimize it.
what's the correct way to make changes? I tried rebuilding source generator but changes don't happen for my console app
Great video. I am still on .Net Framework 4.72 in my company. Can I consumed source generation compiled with .Net standard 2.0 in my legacy project?
If it is .NET Standard 2 you can.
The problem where you're unable to see the updated generated code, and you have to close and reopen VS, do you think it could get solved by cleaning and rebuilding the whole solution without closing VS?
Hasn't worked for me.
there's a github issue for the intellisense bug somewhere with a workaround
Thanks for telling me. I'll see if I can find it.