Eric J. Smith's Weblog

Alright, I am having a really hard time trying to solve an issue in CodeSmith and I am hoping that you guys can help me out.

Now that CodeSmith 2.5 has been released, I'm starting to think about the things that will make it into the next version and I would really like to hear all of your opinions. I have setup a small survey (only 9 questions) and would really appreciate everyone taking a minute to fill it out. I'm especially interested in hearing from the people who have had problems with CodeSmith or didn't like it for some reason.  I truely want to make it the best that it can be and this is your chance to help drive the future of CodeSmith.

CodeSmith now has a knowledge base with FAQ, tutorials and troubleshooting information.  James Avery and I have been working to get this populated with more and more useful information and so far we have a decent start, but we will be adding more content as time permits.

Stefan Cullmann points out CodeSmith's current lack of good XML support.  I agree completely and dramatically improving XML support in CodeSmith is very high on my priority list so I decided to take this opportunity to let you all know what I am planning to do and see what you think.

There seems to be some confusion about my blog entry and my website saying that CodeSmith is freeware and then the application saying it's a trial version and will expire in 30 days.  I do a poor job of explaining this on my website, but here is the deal:

CodeSmith 2.5 has now been released and, along with it, there is now a CodeSmith Professional version which currently includes CodeSmith Studio. All of the features and more from the previous versions remain freeware, but with the introduction of CodeSmith Professional some new features (CodeSmith Studio for now) will become part of the CodeSmith Professional version. CodeSmith Studio makes creating your own custom templates a LOT easier.

My co-worker Shane Henderson will be talking at Dallas DevDays about the Match.com 5.0 re-write in .NET.  Here is the case study.

Well, Vault 2.0 has just been released and they have dramatically reduced their pricing.  I had actually been considering purchasing a single user license for a few weeks, but I'm really glad that I didn't considering that Vault 2.0 is now free for a single user.  Great news!