Code Generation Tools

Posted by Jeffrey Vanneste at 12:57 PM on September 22, 2004

Category: Useful Tools

I've tried out a couple of code generation/template tools. I ended up sticking with QuickCode .NET simply because it integrated into Visual Studio quite nice and didn't require any setup. QuickCode isn't free but has a trial if you want to give it a try.
I also tried Code Template which is quite similar to QuickCode but completely free. I just had more troubles with Code Template that I preferred QuickCode instead.
The third code template tool I found was Code Smith but for what I wanted from a template tool this was overkill.
I use QuickCode .NET mainly for just smaller code snippets. For example, I'll type "mb testing message" and then press ALT+q and it will turn this into "System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("testing message");". So, if you just want smaller snippets give QuickCode a try.