Application Code Assist

As an extension to the Agora Code Framework the Application Code Assist (ACA) solution was developed to reduce the need to manually create business entity classes and initialization code.

Code Generation

Code generation customization was the primary objective for the ACA tool. All code generation can be customized via the ACA Project Settings window on a project specific basis. The code can be generated in any programming language. The default templates that are shipped with ACA target the Agora Framework, however custom templates can be created to target any framework.

Project Settings

Integration

Since the purpose of the tool is to increase the developer’s productivity, the tool needed to be extremely accessible to the developer. Therefore, ACA was built as a Visual Studio Add-On. Toolbars and context menus were added to the Visual Studio IDE to provide quick access to the tool’s features.

Add On Menus

Code Generation Customization

The ACA tool utilizes a Project Settings file that is customized for each project. The ACA tool has a Project Settings Window that allows the user to create or modify an ACA Project Settings file. Configurable elements include Visual Studio Projects, databases, Metadata files, and code generation templates that a project utilizes.

Features

Business Logic Layer (BLL) Object Generation
Business Logic Layer (BLL) Method Generation
Facade Method/Code Block Generation
Database Stored Procedure Generation
Publish Exception Code Block Generation
Automatic Document Formatting within Visual Studio
Visual Studio Project Templates
- ACA Common Project Template
- ACA Web Application Template
- ACA Windows Application Template
Meta Data Generation
- Database Schema (i.e. Tables, Views, Stored Procedures)
- Stored Procedure Result Schema
- Lookup Table Content