Steve Collins
- Pronouns: He/Him
- Talk Length: 60 mins
The [Source Code] Generation Game
There has been a lot of buzz around source generators in .NET 5 and it's there's more to come in .NET 6.
But ... how did we get here and what may the future hold?
This talk starts with a brief history of my journey into source code generation, starting with the ZX Spectrum, through the Visual Basic years and then the code generation tools used with .NET framework and Visual Studio.
The remainder of the talk will focus on the source generators introduced with .NET 5, covering
- How they differ from traditional template based code generation
- Tooling to help debugging
- Gotchas with the tooling!
- Unit testing
Lastly, we will look at where source generators may go in the future
- More out of the box use, such as System.Text.Json in .NET 6
- Potential for Intellicode and Github Copilot integration
About Steve
Freelance software developer
Steve Collins is an independent software developer/architect with over 25 years’ experience in the industry working with Microsoft technologies.
Steve blogs at https://SteveTalksCode.co.uk and tweets@SteveTalksCode
Steve has given talks about configuration at events and user groups around the UK and has also discussed configuration as a guest on the Dot Net Core Show podcasthttps://dotnetcore.show/episode-49-configuration-in-net-core-with-steve-collins/and the Documentation Not Included podcasthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXoprCDHBZM