MVC 2 Hosting

I just found out recently that my current hoster webhost4life doesn't support the MVC 2. Had to jump through few hoops to figure that out. Their customer service is not anywhere reasonable. So I am shopping for new hosting provider again.

Found few that I want to look closer.

Discountasp.net was great till I needed more SQL server database. It costs lot more if you are using more than one SQL server database for your application. So Discountasp.net is out of the equation too.

Finally I have signed up with SoftSys Hosting. I like the services they are offering. Unlimited Domain, 5 SQL Server Database, 5 MySql Database and more. Like their hosting panels also and you can have dedicated app pool. Sweet.

Code Generation with T4 template

Many of you have been using CodeSmith for code generation and loving it. I know when I use my codesmith, I create my template as I like it to be and then I just let it generate my codes. I just love the fact that I can click a button and I have a framework. One dark side if the CodeSmith is that, it is not free. But the cost is nothing compared to what you are getting in return.

You can always do the same thing with "FREE" Microsft T4 templates.

T4 template comes with Visual Studio 2008 and you can also download it for 2005. Visual Studio 2010 has T4 template integrated with it. So there is no reason for not liking it. Once you get the T4 setup correctly, you will love it.

I am going to give you few links that you can use to learn this tool

1. http://www.olegsych.com/2007/12/text-template-transformation-toolkit/
2. href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheBestVisualStudio2010ProductivityPowerToolsPowerCommandsAndExtensions.aspx
3. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdevtools/archive/2009/01/29/t4-templates-a-quick-start-guide-for-asp-net-mvc-developers.aspx

Feel free to share your thoughts and anything cool you have done with T4.

Hopefully this helps.