Video Tutorials

PLINQO - DDNUG Presentation

shannon — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:33:00 GMT

The Dallas .NET Users Group was the place to be on July 9th, 2009. The presentation will make you aware of all the features PLINQO has to offer. A test driven demo that walks through each feature one by one and provides a nice overview that will definitely get you excited about the new world PLINQO opens up for LINQ to SQL. We had fun and thank everyone who was in attendance.

Join in on the fun by checking out the presentation and get jump started on PLINQO.

Watch the Video

The slides are available here.

CSLA - The Quick Start

shannon — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:13:00 GMT

Learn how you can unleash the power of the CodeSmith CSLA templates and get your project using CSLA going in only a few minutes. This step by step guide to getting going with CSLA using CodeSmith will make it easy to become immediately productive using the CSLA framework.

Learn how the CSLA quick start works as well as how we implemented the petshop sample application using the csla templates. Take advantage of the CSLA framework and start meeting all of your goals and deadlines today

Watch the Video

If you would like to download the video, please select the file attachment link for this post

Active Snippets

shannon — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:36:00 GMT

Imagine Visual Studio 2008 snippets, but with the full power of CodeSmith available to execute any logic or access any complex metadata (including database schema and xml data) to control the output of your snippets.

After creating an alias for your ActiveSnippet, you can execute it like:

alias param1, param2, param3

and using the CTRL-E, CTRL-E keyboard shortcut

Watch the Video

If you would like to download the video, please download the flash file attached to this post.

Automation with CodeSmith

shannon — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:35:00 GMT

WIth CodeSmith, you can easily automate your code generation process and can execute templates one at a time or in batches. Check out some of the ways CodeSmith can speed up your code generation process and save you even more time.

Watch the Video

If you would like to download the video, please download the flash file attached to this post.

PLINQO Part 1 - The Quick Start

shannon — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:32:00 GMT

PLINQO, which stands for Professional LINQ to Objects, is a collection of CodeSmith templates that are meant to replace and extend the LINQ to SQL designers that are included with Visual Studio 2008.

Get PLINQO going in under 60 seconds with our new quick start. We will show you how easy it is to take advantage of PLINQO and be ready to use it today.

Watch the Video

If you would like to download the video, please select the file attachment link for this post.

PLINQO Part 2 - Feature Overview

shannon — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:26:00 GMT

PLINQO, which stands for Professional LINQ to Objects, is a collection of CodeSmith templates that are meant to replace and extend the LINQ to SQL designers that are included with Visual Studio 2008.

Use Plinqo to it's full potential. In part 2, we show you all the nice new features, advanced configuration options and how to effectively get the most out of PLINQO, our dynamic set of Linq To Sql templates.

Watch the Video

If you would like to download the video, please select the file attachment link for this post.

Using CodeSmith NHibernate Templates

shannon — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:57:00 GMT

We have updated our NHibernate templates and have packaged together C# and VB NHibernate templates. We will walk you through getting started and using these templates. NHibernate is an Object-relational mapping (ORM) solution for the Microsoft .NET platform: it provides an easy to use framework for mapping an object-oriented domain model to a traditional relational database.

Watch the Video

If you would like to download the video, please download the flash file attached to this post.

CodeSmith Explorer

shannon — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:25:00 GMT

CodeSmith Explorer provides an easy interface for organizing and executing CodeSmith templates. In this tutorial, we will walk you through CodeSmith Explorer and show the benefits and time-savings that CodeSmith Explorer can provide when managing and executing templates.

Watch the Video

If you would like to download the video, please download the flash file attached to this post.

Merge Strategies

shannon — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:49:00 GMT

Merge strategies answer the question: how do I customize generated code without losing my customizations when the code is regenerated? Merge strategies are carried out by classes that implement the CodeSmith.Engine.IMergeStrategy interface. You can create your own merge strategy by implementing this interface.

Watch the Video

If you would like to download the video, please download the flash file attached to this post.

Xml Property

shannon — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:16:00 GMT

The XmlProperty directive gives you a strongly-typed object model and statement completion for metadata stored in XML files. CodeSmith allows you to store metadata in external XML files. To incorporate XML metadata in your templates, you use an XmlProperty directive. Watch as we show some cool ways to get the most out of xml properties.

Watch the Video

If you would like to download the video, please download the flash file attached to this post.

Master Templates

shannon — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:26:00 GMT

Master Templates provide an efficient way to execute many templates known as sub-templates at one time. Master Templates are very useful when creating dynamic, structured and well controlled output. Discover all the possibilities Master Templates offer by watching us go through some tips and tricks using Master Templates.

Watch the Video

If you would like to download the video, please download the flash file attached to this post.

Visual Studio Integration

shannon — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:52:00 GMT

The tight integration with Visual Studio allows you to fully manage template execution right from Visual Studio! This means you can maintain a high Code Generation presence right within Visual Studio and not have to switch applications to run code generation.

CodeSmith integration for template execution within Visual Studio is a first class concept with support for CodeSmith Project Integration, Generate OnBuild features, MS-Build Integration, and drag and drop templates onto the code surface. We will demonstrate many ways that CodeSmith can save you time while working inside Visual Studio.

Watch the Video

If you would like to download the video, please download the flash file attached to this post.

CodeSmith Projects

shannon — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:48:00 GMT

One of CodeSmith's most powerful features is CodeSmith Projects. Jump start your knowledge of CodeSmith Projects and get familiar with some tips and tricks to make the most use of CodeSmith Projects. Whether you are working with Visual Studio, MSBuild, Windows Explorer, a command line / batch file, or CodeSmith itself, CodeSmith Projects makes automating your code generation process easy and consistent.

http://www.codesmithtools.com/video/codesmith-projects.html

SchemaExplorer

shannon — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:42:00 GMT

SchemaExplorer is CodeSmith's built-in interface for working with metadata from databases. Join us for a quick tour of the features of SchemaExplorer and how they can be used with CodeSmith.

http://www.codesmithtools.com/video/schemaexplorer.html

CodeSmith Overview by Rob Howard

ejsmith — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:36:00 GMT

Rob Howard presents a 15 minute overview of the benefits of using CodeSmith.

http://www.codesmithtools.com/videotutorials/codesmith-4.0-overview.html