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There are 100 reasons why Code Generation rocks!

Yes, but the good aspects are well understood and I don't think people appreciate the disadvantages of poorly done code gen.

Yes, and there is a 101 reason why Code Generation sucks :) I am yet to see a case where code generation offers more than it takes away.

Here is a simple case. I have a database with tables and fields, i want each table to be represented one to one to a class with the same attrinbutes ( as the table's fields).

I connect middle gen to the database, select my tables and clicj on generate and I have a nice set of classes with attributes and setters and getters.

Save me a lot of typing, and the classes are cleanly written.

I've use this many times on new projects!

I have no compaints with my Rails generators (or the generators I have written for Rails). You just have to understand that generators are not the total answer, they are a tool to get you up to speed quicker and should only be used to replace redundant tasks.