More votes for CodeSmith
I'd like to second this - CodeSmith is shaping up to be a huge timesaver in the group I work in. The code templates are pretty intuitive once you realize that they're basically just like inline ASPX code, so if you've hacked inline ASP for years you'll be right at home.
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This is an amazing product. It paid back our time investment quickly, and with huge dividends.
First of all, thanks for the glowing review!
I'm not sure if you know this or not, but CodeSmith does not constrain you to inline code. You can do one of two things:
1. Include a Src attribute in your CodeTemplate directive. When this attribute is specified, just like in ASP.NET, it will dynamically compile the source file into the same assembly as the template code. You will also need to specify the Inherits attribute to have your template derive from a class in the source file.
2. Create your base template class in Visual Studio.NET and compile it to a .dll. Then using an Assembly directive add a reference to this .dll. You may then specify an Inherits attribute in the CodeTemplate directive to inherit from a class in the assembly or just make use of any other class in the assembly within your template code. You can also use an Imports directive to avoid having to type fully qualified type names.
Basically, CodeSmith tries to resemble ASP.NET as much as possible. And, with the glaring exception of the equivalent of server controls and data binding, it does a pretty good job of this.