Eric J. Smith's Weblog

CodeSmith has won the "Best Utility" award in the asp.netPRO Readers’ Choice Awards! Thanks to our incredible user base, CodeSmith was able to win this category that included many other great software development products. Thank you to everyone that voted!

“Scott talks about CodeSmith as well as other code generators, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses, and offering his usual insight into the issues. Of course, resources abound.”

If you are a fan of CodeSmith and would like to show your support, please take a moment to place your vote for CodeSmith in the Utility category of the asp.netPRO Readers’ Choice Awards.

“In this article you will learn how to build a Data Access Layer using Microsoft’s Enterprise Library in less than 15 minutes using CodeSmith and the .NetTiers Template Library…”

CodeSmith 3.2 for .NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 has now been released. This is a free upgrade for all CodeSmith 3.0 users. This version of CodeSmith is nearly identical to CodeSmith 3.1 except it has been optimized and built for .NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 including a new MSBuild CodeSmith task.

Here is a link to an interesting article about using CodeSmith as a form of XSLT.

CodeSmith Tools will have a booth at PDC this year!  Be sure to stop by and say "Hi" next week at booth #122.  If you are a current CodeSmith customer, we have CodeSmith t-shirts for you (first come, first serve) and if you aren't a current CodeSmith customer, we will be giving away some CodeSmith Professional licenses ($399 value) for those that stop by and scan their badge.