code-generation

Is there a way to generate a dictionary initializer using the C# CodeDom? Are those supported at all? I would like to have: private IDictionary<string, string> map = new Dictionary<string, string> { { "Name", "Value" }, ... }; This is not possible using the CodeDom constructs. They were not updated for collection initializers. LukeH has an excellent blog post on the subject of 3.5 features and the CodeDom http://blogs.msdn.com/b/lukeh/archive/2007/07/11/c-3-0-and-codedom.aspx You can do it but its possibly the worst nightmare ever.. Here is how I am doing it currently. (Updated my answer to

Microsoft, of Cairo fame, is working on Oslo, a new modeling platform . Bob Muglia, Senior Vice President of Microsoft Server & Tools Business, states that the benefits of modeling have always been clear. In simple, practical terms, what are the clear benefits that Oslo bestows upon its users? In theory, there are a few benefits: The people with the business knowledge can create the software models so you're less likely to lose anything in translation. When non-technical shareholders create models, it forces them to "think like a developer". They see that what they considered obvious and easy

This is what I have: An entity-relational schema, modelled for Doctrine 2.0 (in PHP); The generated database, on a MySQL server. This is what I want: A very basic CRUD web-interface to the database, that allows me to (you guessed it!) create, read, update and delete records, with extra credit for implementing CRUD operations on entities and relations instead of records. Now, I'm terrible at writing web applications myself (read: I'm lazy). Are there any options to generate a CRUD web application from a MySQL database, or from a set of Doctrine entities? I'd be willing to stop using PHP (and