Question

Well, I’ve been following the NerdDinner tutorial online and I’ve completed it to a T.

Now I’ve implemented a project of my own using pretty much the same architecture.

I notice my process is:

1. Create database.
2. Create DBML.
3. Create |TableName|Repository.cs class with data access methods.
4. Create partial |TableName| class to handle validation.
5. Rinse and repeat for all tables.

By the time I’m done I’m exhausted and I haven’t really done anything except drag and copypaste code and change variable names.

What am I missing here. Where can I improve this boilerplate haze I’m in?

Edit: Sans creating my own T4 template, is there a tool that will help me?

Answer 1

See Visual Studio Templates.

I haven’t used them, but I assume if you take the time to customize them, you’ll be able to make Visual Studio generate a lot of what you already do instantly specifically using the T4 template language/interpreter thats embedded in Visual Studio.