Raise your hand if you've ever written code so similar to something else in your codebase, it could have been generated by a tool*. Did you take the time to codify that pattern? Why not?

That's the perfect scenario for us to codify our code. To write code to generate and/or modify other code in the codebase. In the C# world, we have some built-in ways to codify our code. We can create a Roslyn Analyzer and optionally a Roslyn Code Fix to enforce code similarity. Or we can create a Source Generator to generate code at build time.

In this session we'll review the basics of those aforementioned features built into C# for codifying our code. We'll also take time to discuss the pros and cons of those features to understand when it's beneficial to codify our code or not.

* You don't have to raise your hand.