Designing a database in UML Overview Traditionally, database design tools are used only within a specific database. In other words, the design tool included with SQL Server can only be used to design and create a database specifically and solely for SQL Server. Unfortunately, this means the design cannot be used anywhere else in the [...]
New Feature: Preserving User Code Changes during Code Generation with Razor This new feature will revolutionise how code generation is used by helping to preserve any custom code changes made to the output code generated files. When using code generation traditionally, one big issue is that if any changes were made to the output file, [...]
Razor Templates: Best Practices in Code Generation Razor Templates are brilliant for Code Generation. However, there are a few significant issues. Razor Templates are fine-tuned to work extremely well with HTML, but can run into problems with languages like Javascript, TypeScript, C#, Java, JSON, etc. This article will outline these roadblocks and provide simple, effective fixes. [...]
This is a quick update about the latest features in SilverModel 2019.03. Razor Template Error Reporting This has been updated to now include the line of code that caused the error in the message. This will make it a lot easier to debug templates. Command Line Support It is now possible to generate all the [...]
By combing UML and code automation it is possible to boost your development productivity by 1000%! My current record is creating 100,000 lines of code in just four hours. I want to pass these skills on to you. In this post I will firstly explain how to get started with UML. I will then cover [...]
Introduction to using Model First Design: Creating an Invoice Microservice This post is the first in a series on creating an Invoice Microservice using Model First Design. Firstly let us look at the outline the goals for the Microservice. Secondly I will dive into the benefits of using Model First Design. Thirdy I will examine [...]
Using Model First Design to improve your development productivity Do you want to be able to create 10'000's of lines of computer code in an hour? With Model First Design and Code Generation you can! I will give some examples and explain some of the key concepts in this article. Model First Design Project Examples An [...]
Code Generation Tips: Output code to a temporary directory There are lots of different ways to use Code Generation in your project. Below is the top five reasons why you might want to output your code to a temporary directory. Cut and Paste the code you wantCreate code snippetsAvoid overwriting your existing codeQuickly test an ideaAdd new [...]
Overview of the new features in SilverModel 2018.4.1 In this release, there are a number of new features that will help improve your experience and productivity within SilverModel. The new features are: Your Code Generators Improved Undo/Redo Support. Your Code Generators Your Code Generators allows you to create your own code generators in a separate [...]
10x Programming: Automating the creation of POCO(POJO) objects It is possible to create the code for POCO (Plain Old C# Object) objects 10x to 1000x faster by automating the creation of this code. With the 10x Programming blog series I want to teach you some new skills in increasing the speed you can create code. There are [...]
