Code generation with Roslyn. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nick Harrison.
• Authors: Harrison, Nick
• Contents: At a Glance; Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; The Problem with Business Logic; Develop/Test Deploy Takes Time; Lookup Tables Are Easier to Modify, Verify, and Deploy; Lookup Tables Can Be Slow; Having Your Cake and Eating It Too; What Is Not Covered; Summary; Chapter 2: Putting Business Logic in Tables; A Catalog of Business Logic Tables; Simple Lookup Table; Lookup Tables with Multiple Input Parameters (Decision Tables); State-Specific Business Logic; Shipping Charges; Interactive Questionnaire. Compound Decision TableExpression Decision Table; Summary; Chapter 3: Pulling Table Driven Logic Into Code; Overview; Treating Lookup Tables as Enums; Lookup Data; Code; Table-Driven Hello World; Data; Code; Automated Underwriting; Data Model; Data; Underwriting Rule; Loan Code Type; Loan Code; Underwriting Rule Detail; Code; Summary; Chapter 4: An Introduction to Roslyn; The Roslyn Pipeline; How Code Generation Fits In; Getting Started with Roslyn; Syntax API; Symbol API; Binding and Analysis API; Emit API; Generating Code; Summary; Chapter 5: Generating Code; Creating Enums; Hello World. Automated UnderwritingSummary; Chapter 6: Deploying Generated Code; Setting Up the Sample Solution; The Basic Flow; Loading the EmptyProject; Safely Add a New Document; Specifying Compilation Options; Reviewing the Diagnostic Messages; Emitting an Assembly; Summary; Chapter 7: Reflecting on Generated Code; Loading the Assembly; Monitoring for Changes; Discovering Types; Discovering Methods; Calling Methods; Interpreting the Results; Summary; Chapter 8: Best Practices; Defining Requirements; Always Plan on Change; Most Business Rules Are Date-Sensitive; Structuring Logic. Separate Business Logic Tables from Business Entity TablesIntegrate Lookup Tables into the Entity Data Model; Avoid One True Lookup Tables (OTLT) in the Entity Data Model; An OTLT Can Be Used to Simplify Expression-Based Decision Tables; Types of Logic Tables; Use Dates; Add Comment Columns to Logic Tables; Writing Code from Structured Logic; Hand-Write Sample Code Before Generating the Code; Define an Input Interface; Not All Logic Tables Should Be Converted to Code; Generate Enums from Lookup Tables; Incorporate Comments; Fail Early; Using Roslyn; Roslyn Is the Compiler. Roslyn Is Better for Code GenerationParse Sample Code; Roslyn Is Immutable; Generating Code with Roslyn; Use Simple Objects to Host Metadata; Invert Business Logic; Reduce Complexity; Reflective Best Practices; Don't Lock the Assembly; Reload the Assembly as Needed; Prefer GetTypes () to GetType (); Track Results; Index.
• Publisher Details: United States : Apress
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 005.4/5; Computer science; Code generators; COMPUTERS -- Mathematical & Statistical Software; Code generators; Computer Science; Microsoft and .NET; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters; Computers -- Programming Languages -- General; Programming & scripting languages: general; Microsoft software; Microsoft .NET Framework; Computers -- Programming -- Microsoft Programming; Microsoft programming; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484222119; 1484222113
• Related ISBNs: 9781484222102; 1484222105
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 10, 2017).
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