Understanding Clarion Templates, Part 3: Introducing Code Templates
Posted April 23 2004
Summary: The Clarion template system is, at heart, a simple idea. If you want to generate code, based on varying conditions and requirements, you just create a template programming language that lets you generate Clarion language statements. Okay, maybe the reality isn't all that simple, but the easiest place to start understanding the template language is with code templates, as David Harms explains.
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The New Clarion.NET Template Language - Is It Really Microsoft's T4?
10/22/2009 12:00:00 AM
At the Aussie DevCon, SoftVelocity president Bob Zaunere demonstrated a template written in the new .NET template language. But is it a new template language? Dave Harms argues it's really Microsoft's T4, and explains why that's a good thing.