Mastering Source Generators
summary
Demonstrates a .NET source-generator pipeline that auto-creates auditable classes, Entity Framework configurations and DbSet entries from marked entities, plus an MSBuild task to emit non-C# artifacts. Uses a NetStandard2.0 analyzer project and favors incremental generators for caching so unchanged outputs aren’t regenerated, and reports performance: generated validation runs about 4× faster with roughly half the allocations compared to reflection. Includes reproducible demos and benchmarks such as a CSV credit-card validator and audit-history generators.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Source Generators intro
- 6:02Custom Source Generator
- 13:10Incremental benefits
- 18:34Credit card validation
- 25:51Source Generators pros/cons
- 26:37File generation limits
- 28:50Supported targets and IDEs
- 30:35Data formats alternatives
- 32:45Summary & Q&A
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