Improving Source Code with Roslyn

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Roslyn is presented as a programmable C# compiler platform that exposes APIs for analysing, parsing, modifying and generating source code rather than acting as a black box. The talk covers using Roslyn’s extensibility and tooling to understand code, implement code analysis and transformations, and integrate these capabilities into workflows (examples and resources by the presenter are provided).

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1. 0:00Roslyn introduction
2. 3:17Compiler evolution
3. 7:29Roslyn analysis levels
4. 9:20First analyzer creation
5. 12:22Analyzer in Visual Studio
6. 20:59Analyzer code example
7. 24:22LINQ expression analysis
8. 31:07Syntax analysis tools
9. 36:02Roslyn ecosystem role
10. 37:29Code analysis outside VS
11. 41:14Summary and opportunities
12. 43:23Q&A

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