http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660Have you looked at the Django model object stuff http://www.djangoproject.com -d http://ayende.com/2736/plain-old-code#comment5http://ayende.com/2736/plain-old-code#comment5Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:29:33 GMTJust want to add that I agree. At a tech*ed event last year I was struck by how often the mantra 'no code required' was repeated. This is at an event aimed at - you guess it 'coders'. Given that we're all computer programmers here why are you making such efforts to stop us from doing what we do best. Microsoft marketing for AJAX.NET -> 'dont need to write a line of Javascript'. (but what if I want to customize it, and Javascript is something I understand and *like*). Arpan Shah's response to a bunch of questions about Sharepoint - sure! Yeah you can do that. In fact if you use the auto-magic-list-conrtol [and, implicitially, if I make a few changes to the specificiation] you should be able to do it 'without any code at all'. Great! Just what I didn't want. http://ayende.com/2736/plain-old-code#comment4http://ayende.com/2736/plain-old-code#comment4Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:39:54 GMTJay, That was actually for defining a new entity on the CRM, not for winforms http://ayende.com/2736/plain-old-code#comment3http://ayende.com/2736/plain-old-code#comment3Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:27:22 GMTyou aren't REALLY writing a DSL for WinForms are you? The Brail Html DSL (http://hrboyceiii.blogspot.com/2007/06/dsl-support-in-brail-part-i.html) could easily be extended to work with WPF XAML. With the need to support XAML designers such as Expression, a WPF XAML to boo/brail/xaml DSL could be created too. I agree. I prefer the code. I have even found myself avoiding the WinForms designer and opting to write my own code under certain circumstances. Especially event handlers where the designer will continue to work. http://ayende.com/2736/plain-old-code#comment2http://ayende.com/2736/plain-old-code#comment2Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:58:36 GMThaml - http://haml.hamptoncatlin.com/ and swiby - http://www.alef1.org/jean/swiby/ are two good sources for inspiration/ideas/examination http://ayende.com/2736/plain-old-code#comment1http://ayende.com/2736/plain-old-code#comment1Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:03:00 GMT