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Kevin Hazzard and Jason Bock
Foreword by Rockford Lhotka
  • December 2012
  • ISBN 9781617290268
  • 360 pages
  • printed in black & white

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Metaprogramming in .NET is designed to help readers understand the basic concepts, advantages and potential pitfalls of metaprogramming. It introduces core concepts in clear, easy-to-follow language and then it takes you on a deep dive into the tools and techniques you'll use to implement them in your .NET code. You'll explore plenty of real-world examples that reinforce key concepts. When you finish, you'll be able to build high-performance, metaprogramming-enabled software with confidence.

about the technology

When you write programs that create or modify other programs, you are metaprogramming. In .NET, you can use reflection as well as newer concepts like code generation and scriptable software. The emerging Roslyn project exposes the .NET compiler as an interactive API, allowing compile-time code analysis and just-in-time refactoring.

about the book

Metaprogramming in .NET is a practical introduction to the use of metaprogramming to improve the performance and maintainability of your code. This book avoids abstract theory and instead teaches you solid practices you'll find useful immediately. It introduces core concepts like code generation and application composition in clear, easy-to-follow language, and then it takes you on a deep dive into the tools and techniques that will help you implement them in your .NET applications.

Written for readers comfortable with C# and the .NET framework--no prior experience with metaprogramming is required.

what's inside

  • Metaprogramming concepts in plain language
  • Creating scriptable software
  • Code generation techniques
  • The Dynamic Language Runtime

about the reader

Readers should be comfortable with C# and the .NET framework. No prior experience with metaprogramming is required.

about the authors

Kevin Hazzard is a Microsoft MVP, consultant, teacher, and developer community leader in the mid-Atlantic USA. Jason Bock is an author, Microsoft MVP, and the leader of the Twin Cities Code Camp.

An excellent way to start fully using the power of metaprogramming.

From the Foreword by Rockford Lhotka, Creator of the CSLA .NET Framework

A thorough and comprehensive distillation of the vast array of code generation options in .NET.

Harry Cummings, Softwire

An extensive collection of "aha!" discoveries on developing applications beyond the mere compiler.

William Lee, Qualcomm, Inc.

An excellent reference … insightful examples.

Arun Noronha, Guardian Protection Services

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