Managing the .NET Compiler

Editor's Notes

• #5: Traditionally, compilers have been black boxes. You don’t have access to their internals.
• #6: This is definitely true of the .NET world. You give the compiler a bunch of code files and other assets, and the compiler magically turns that into a file that contains executable code.
• #7: You have very little control over the current .NET compiler. You can pass in some switches, but they’re not very interactive.
• #8: This is sad, because the compiler generates a lot of useful information about your code. Other tools have to, in a sense, create their own compilers to provide their great functionality. They’re forced to duplicate what’s already been done. But what happens if they don’t do the exact same thing that the MS compiler does?
• #9: Also, this has limited MS in terms of the features they can add to C# and their toolchain.
• #10: Let’s open up the compiler and provide that information and functionality to every developer.
• #11: All the parsing, emitting. Etc logic should be available to other tools to do all sorts of crazy, interesting stuff.
• #12: That’s the intent of Project Roslyn: to provide all of that to you as a .NET API.
• #13: Project Roslyn has had a LONG history. But finally….
• #14: MS released Roslyn as Micosoft.CodeAnalysis, and surprisingly, they OSSed all of the code. So now the compilers in .NET are OSS. AWESOME!
• #15: And…now it’s on GitHub.
• #16: It’s already powering a great tool to view the .NET framework source code
• #17: And there are already proposals for new language features
• #18: When you grab the bits, you have some choices in terms of what you can do to integrate and use Roslyn.
• #20: It’s already powering a great tool to view the .NET framework source code
• #37: References Automated code quality testing using Roslyn - http://www.novanet.no/blog/claus-asbjorn-sorensen/dates/2013/2/automated-code-quality-testing-using-roslyn/ Building Visual Studio Extensions with Roslyn - http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/10/Rosyln-Extensions C# compiler improvements - https://improvecscompiler.codeplex.com/documentation Community Involvement and Roslyn - http://thebillwagner.com/blog/community-involvement-and-roslyn Compile C# Expressions Without Using the Scripting API - http://mhusseini.wordpress.com/2014/05/23/roslyn-compile-c-expressions-without-using-the-scripting-api/ Going Deeper with Project Roslyn: Exposing the C# and VB compiler’s code analysis - http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Lang-NEXT/Lang-NEXT-2012/Roslyn How Microsoft’s Next-Gen Compiler Project Can Improve Your Code - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dn296510.aspx In bed with Roslyn - http://www.mindscapehq.com/blog/index.php/2011/10/20/in-bed-with-roslyn/ Implementing a Code Action using Roslyn - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/csharpfaq/archive/2012/02/06/implementing-a-code-action-using-roslyn.aspx Interface implementation delegation - http://msmvps.com/blogs/matthieu/archive/2014/02/26/interface-implementation-delegation.aspx Lap Around Roslyn CTP: Introduction - http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/sasha/archive/2011/10/21/lap-around-roslyn-ctp-introduction.aspx Lap Around Roslyn CTP: Syntax Rewriting - http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/sasha/archive/2011/10/23/lap-around-roslyn-ctp-syntax-rewriting.aspx Lap Around Roslyn CTP: Syntax Rewriting with Symbol Information - http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/sasha/archive/2011/10/25/lap-around-roslyn-ctp-syntax-rewriting-with-symbol-information.aspx Lap Around Roslyn CTP: Syntax Analysis and Flow Analysis - http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/sasha/2011/10/27/lap-around-roslyn-ctp-syntax-analysis-and-flow-analysis/ Modifying Code With Project Roslyn - http://magenic.com/Blog/ModifyingCodewithProjectRoslyn.aspx Microsoft “Roslyn” CTP - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/roslyn MSR Faculty Summit 2011: Refactoring with Roslyn - http://research.microsoft.com/apps/video/?id=152281 Query Methods in Roslyn Syntax API - http://debugmode.net/2011/10/25/query-methods-in-roslyn-syntax-api/ Replacing a Class at Runtime Using Ninject and Roslyn Part 1: The Goal - http://blog.zerosharp.com/replacing-a-class-at-runtime-using-ninject-and-roslyn-part-1/ Part 2: The Solution - http://blog.zerosharp.com/replacing-a-class-at-runtime-using-ninject-and-roslyn-part-2/ Part 3: Dependency Injection - http://blog.zerosharp.com/replacing-a-class-at-runtime-using-ninject-and-roslyn-part-3/ Part 4: Roslyn - http://blog.zerosharp.com/replacing-a-class-at-runtime-using-ninject-and-roslyn-part-4/ The Roslyn Preview Is Now Available - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2011/10/19/the-roslyn-preview-is-now-available.aspx Roslyn Project Overview Document - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=230702 Roslyn Syntax Visualizers - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2011/10/19/roslyn-syntax-visualizers.aspx scriptcs - http://scriptcs.net/ scriptcs – Living on the edge in C# without a project on the wings of Roslyn and Nuget - http://codebetter.com/glennblock/2013/02/28/scriptcs-living-on-the-edge-in-c-without-a-project-on-the-wings-of-roslyn-and-nuget/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CodeBetter+%28CodeBetter.Com%29 Scripting and Code Analysis using Roslyn – And a first look at Roslyn CTP - http://www.amazedsaint.com/2011/10/c-vnext-roslynan-introduction-and-quick.html Unit Testing Roslyn-Based Extensions - http://magenic.com/Blog/PostId/20/unit-testing-roslyn-based-extensions