LittleScriptBrother

An application that will watch your file changes cs-files, look for a specific comment, translate this comment into a command line, execute it and paste the results into the cs file.

LittleScriptBuddy.exe --targetDirectory C:\Projekte --scriptsDirectory C:\Scripts

The script directory contains a bunch of powershell-files. Every powershell file is considered a possible command.

When you write a special comment in your code it will add the result to the file:

//lsb: collection.ps1 "IWhatever"

It will parse that line and convert it into the following command:

collection.ps1 "IWhatever"

The powershell script will then output some things to stdout which will be collected:

public class WhateverCollection {
    private List<IWhatever> data = new List<IWhatever>();
    
    public WhateverCollection()
    {
    }
}

The comment will then be replaced by the content the script delivered:

public class WhateverCollection {
    private List<IWhatever> data = new List<IWhatever>();
    
    public WhateverCollection()
    {
    }
}

This "template plugin" allows for a lot of automation since we are using powershell in the backend which is fully fledged and can tap into the .net framework as a huge library.

Also it works with any editor you like, as long as it allows for auto-reloading changes that have taken place outside of the editor. VSCode and Visual Studio both do.