Code Generator

The UnifiedASP Code Generator is a tool that gives us a huge head start when we get into the build phase of a project. After building our database tables, we run this tool, select the tables we would like CRUD Stored Procedures, Pages, and Classes created for, choose some options for each table and column, and let it generate its output.

Before you start to experiment with it, understand that this tool will not output a finished product.

We almost always use the sprocs and classes as a foundation to build upon. If we need additional stored procedures, we write and add them to the database and classes manually.

Sometimes we use the pages but in many instances, we extract the search grids and edit forms and embed them into pages we create by hand.

What we like about this tool is it generates our code. It makes some correct assumptions such as when to create joins or when to use a drop-down-list instead of a textbox. The outputted code will not always compile, but we can tweak this outputted code faster than we can write it by hand, and then we can get to work building the more complex parts of the application.

The current documentation about the Code Generator is about how we put it to use. We’ll write some primers about adapting it to your projects with future releases.

For now, here are a couple of examples:

• Example 1: Chamber Project with User Authentication