Code from DotNext

[MichalBrylka]

Hi, could you provide some code snippets (or whole repo) from this presentation (I assume it's DotNext Moscow 13.11.2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0qGQruRX1k

[raffaeler]

Sorry, the code changed a lot over these years and is now too different from that codebase. I would like to help you anyway, what are the specific topics you are interested into?

[MichalBrylka]

Hi, I also do my fair share of code generation. I recently spotted you presentation and immediately understood that we might do very similar things. So I was interested on your take on the following (in decreasing level of importance):

• DebugCompile method + ways to debug LINQ expression's "code"
• expression sorcerer visualizer
• SimpleClassGenerator (the one that generates INotifyPropertyChanged)

And maybe also (but not so important):

• ExpressionGenerator
• Injector2

And help would be highly appreciated. BTW, next months I'll be publishing some Roslyn helpers that helped my team greatly - with additional level of abstraction of course ;-) I can send you a link if you like

[raffaeler]

• DebugCompile and SorcererVisualizer The problem I had to face is that you want the sources for something that you never wrote. This piece requires two things: the sources and the pdbs as well. In order to get those, the easiest method is to decompile the compiled code generated from the expressions (ilspy / cecil), get the sources, recompile them using roslyn and finally get those.

This strategy comes with a price because certain time the decompiler also generate not-compilable code. The reason I did not publish it is because I had problems in integrating the WPF+Winform code in VS. Every version changed something that prevented it to be "stable". I have to work on this, probably by the end of the year to see if I can resolve the issues with more recent versions of VS.

Most of the other code is now here: https://github.com/raffaeler/Expressions

If you want to share your link, you are welcome. We can further discuss the topics for putting together more stuff. In the last two years I created a full-featured debugger and a pdb rewriter for a customer. But I have in mind a different approach that I would like to turn into code before or later :)

HTH

[MichalBrylka]

thanks, I'll have a look at https://github.com/raffaeler/Expressions thanks But I would still be interested in your take on DebugCompile/SorcererVisualizer - even if it's not fully working

[raffaeler]

The code works, but the extension is VS-version dependent (too bad). I have to check with my editor if I can publish it now or I have to wait. It will take at least 15 days.

[MichalBrylka]

thanks, let me know when/if you'll have anything suitable of sharing

[MichalBrylka]

also - if you like I'd be glad to help "modernize" this extension to Visual Studio 2019