CodeTower

CodeTower is a powerful .NET solution restructuring and architecture scaffolding tool that helps you maintain clean and organized codebases. It provides features for restructuring existing solutions and generating new architectural patterns.

Features

• Solution Restructuring

  • Move and rename namespaces
  • Extract classes to new files
  • Analyze and validate dependencies
  • Automatic backup before changes
  • Comprehensive logging

• Architecture Scaffolding

  • Clean Architecture template
  • Onion Architecture template (coming soon)
  • Vertical Slice Architecture template (coming soon)

• Safety Features

  • Automatic solution backup
  • Dependency conflict detection
  • Rollback capability
  • Detailed logging

Installation

dotnet tool install --global CodeTower

Usage

Restructuring a Solution

codetower restructure --solution YourSolution.sln --config restructure.json

Example configuration file (restructure.json):

{
  "transformations": [
    {
      "type": "MoveNamespace",
      "source": "OldNamespace",
      "target": "NewNamespace"
    },
    {
      "type": "ExtractClass",
      "source": "LargeClass",
      "target": "Infrastructure.Services"
    }
  ]
}

Generating Architecture Scaffolding

codetower generate --solution YourSolution.sln --template cleanarchitecture

Supported Transformation Types

• MoveNamespace: Move classes from one namespace to another
• RenameNamespace: Rename an existing namespace
• ExtractClass: Move a class to a new file/namespace
• GenerateLayer: Create a new architectural layer with predefined structure

Architecture Templates

Clean Architecture

• Domain Layer
  • Entities
  • Value Objects
  • Interfaces
• Application Layer
  • Use Cases
  • Interfaces
  • DTOs
  • Services
• Infrastructure Layer
  • Data
  • Services
  • Repositories
  • External
• Presentation Layer

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• Built with Roslyn
• Command-line interface powered by System.CommandLine