DPB: Dynamic Project Builder

DPB is a tool that allows developers to automatically generate project code.

You can add annotations to the code templates, and use DPB to automatically filter or generate code to build a complete new project.

DPB support for all files and all languages.

Why I need DPB

We always build new customized projects and template projects. When new project requirements come, we have to copy the whole project files and do a lot of washing jobs: remove the files, change the key contents, modify configuration values and so on.

Also when we published an open source project, we always support Demo / Sample and Documents. But it's really not every developer wants to read all of the code and sample project and documents.

With DPB, you just need to put same marks into your code, such as DPBMARK Keep and 'DPBMARK_END', or configure a profile, then run DPB, it will build a new clearn-project into the Output Directory, just keep the code and files you want.

How to use

Method 1: Build App by your own

1. Install the DPB from Nuget into your project(or compile the source code): https://www.nuget.org/packages/DPB/

Both your working prject or a new project are OK.

2. Create a new class, such as BuildProject.cs

3. Create a method such as Build() in to BuildBProject

4. Create a manifest entity, and set the SourceDir(your template peojrct_ and OutputDir:

using DPB.Models;

namespace DPB.Tests
{
    public class BuildProject
    {
        public void Build()
        {
            Manifest manifest = new Manifest();
            manifest.SourceDir = "..\\..\\SourceDir";//or absolute address: e:\ThisProject\src
            manifest.OutputDir = "..\\..\\OutputDir";//or absolute address: e:\ThisProject\Output
        }
    }
}

5. set the rules, such as :

Remove content block

            //keep content Condition - while all the code blocks in *.cs files with keywrod mark: DPBMARK MP
            manifest.ConfigGroup.Add(new GroupConfig()
            {
                Files = new List<string>() { "*.cs" },
                KeepContentConiditions = new List<string>() { "MP" }
            });

it will keep the code in your source project with the certain code block:

            //DPBMARK MP
            var tip = "this line will stay here in OutputDir while Conditions have MP keyword.";
            //DPBMARK_END

When another code block with DPBMARK OTHER instead of DPBMARK MP in the file region, the block will be removed.

You can also set multiple KeepContentConiditions keywords to keep the code stay in new project.

The code (or any text file content) with out DPBMARK mark bolck will always keep in new project.

Delete whole file

If you want to remove a file, just Add the following code into the file in any where:

DPBMARK_FILE RemoveFile