MyGeneration

Developed for programmers, MyGeneration is a versatile software utility capable of generating code from templates written in VB.NET, C#, JScript and VBScript, including code for non-Microsoft OS.

It can also generate ORM architectures or O/R Mapping files for architectures such as Gentle.NET, Opf3, NHibernate, and others.

The tool offers support for Microsoft SQL, Oracle, IBM DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Access, FireBird, Interbase, SQLite and VistaDB. It requires the Microsoft Data Access Components SDK to run properly.

Wrapped up in a user-friendly interface, MyGeneration lets you get started by configuring database options for connections and templates. You can select the connection driver and edit the string, customize data link properties, specify the path to the language mapping and database target mapping file path, select the language, and indicate the user metadata file.

When it comes to templates, you can establish the number of tabs, change the default template and output paths, ask the tool to display line number and copy the generated output to the Clipboard, disable the timeout on scripts, apply a custom proxy server, or override the code page and font. Settings can be restored to default.

You can open templates for C# Zeus, VB.Net Zeus, VBScript Zeus or JScript Zeus, as well as create new MyGeneration or SQL files. Syntax highlighting is supported, so you can easily tell apart blocks of code.

Apart from editing the templates, you can use an advanced search-and-replace function (match case, match whole words only, regular expression, wrap around, transform backslash expressions), show line numbers and jump to any line, as well as encrypt, compile and execute templates. Moreover, you can display white space, indentation guides and end of line, and increase or decrease the font size.

We haven't come across any stability issues in our tests, thanks to the fact that MyGeneration didn't hang, crash or prompt error notifications. Its impact on computer performance was minimal. On the other hand, the app hasn't been updated for a pretty long time. Nevertheless, you can discover its features for yourself.