Part 1 Demystifying metaprogramming

Chapter 1 Metaprogramming concepts

Definitions of metaprogramming

Examples of metaprogramming

Summary

Chapter 2 Exploring code and metadata with reflection

The need for reflection

Reading metadata and executing code

Impractical uses of reflection

Practical uses of reflection

Summary

Part 2 Techniques for generating code

Chapter 3 The Text Template Transformation Toolkit (T4)

Thinking of generics as templates

Introducing T4

More useful T4 examples

T4 fundamentals

Using T4 inside Visual Studio

Summary

Chapter 4 Generating code with the CodeDOM

Understanding the CodeDOM

The code provider classes

Adding objects to a code graph

Metaprogramming with the CodeDOM

Summary

Chapter 5 Generating code with Reflection.Emit

Why Emitter classes?

An overview of assembly internals

A lightning tour of opcodes

Creating dynamic assemblies

Lightweight code generation with dynamic methods

Summary

Chapter 6 Generating code with expressions

Expression-oriented programming

Making dynamic methods with LINQ Expressions

Using expressions effectively

Evolving expression trees

Summary

Chapter 7 Generating code with IL rewriting

The case for code injection

Creating an injection framework

Debugging injected code

Summary

Part 3 Languages and tools

Chapter 8 The Dynamic Language Runtime

The simplest dynamic classes

The DLR hosting model

Summary

Chapter 9 Languages and tools

A survey of languages

A survey of tools

Summary

Chapter 10 Managing the .NET Compiler

Opening up the compiler

Understanding the basics of Roslyn

Interacting with code in Visual Studio

Summary

appendix A Metaprogramming in Windows 8
appendix B Usage guide
index