HttpClientCodeGenerator vs NullGuard

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HttpClientCodeGenerator		NullGuard
	Project
2	Mentions	6
45	Stars	686
-	Growth	-0.1%
0.0	Activity	8.1
over 2 years ago	Latest Commit	27 days ago
C#	Language	C#
-	License	MIT License

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HttpClientCodeGenerator

Posts with mentions or reviews of HttpClientCodeGenerator. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-07-28.

GitHub - Jalalx/HttpClientCodeGenerator: HttpClientGenerator is a tool that uses the Roslyn code generator feature to write boilerplate HttpClient code for you.
1 project | /r/csharp | 8 Aug 2021
HttpClientGenerator is a tool that uses the Roslyn code generator feature to write boilerplate HttpClient code for you.
3 projects | /r/dotnet | 28 Jul 2021

NullGuard

Posts with mentions or reviews of NullGuard. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-14.

How to write C# source code generator to generate ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull?
1 project | /r/csharp | 11 Dec 2023
Which do you guys mostly use to prevent nulls? Null object pattern/special case, throw exceptions or the FP Option monad?
1 project | /r/dotnet | 26 Apr 2023

Nullable reference types + https://github.com/Fody/NullGuard
That Shouldn't Happen - UnreachableException in .NET 7
1 project | /r/dotnet | 17 Oct 2022
Will we ever get a new CLR language to replace C# Like Kotlin did for Java?
5 projects | /r/csharp | 14 Aug 2022

I find Nullable Reference Types combined with NullGuard to be pretty good.
HttpClientGenerator is a tool that uses the Roslyn code generator feature to write boilerplate HttpClient code for you.
3 projects | /r/dotnet | 28 Jul 2021

For example here from the readme I can exactly see what boilerplate is generated for me.
How to get rid of NullPointerException
2 projects | dev.to | 9 Sep 2020

Some tools can help to enforce this convention like ReSharper and NullGuard. I guess, although I haven’t tried this yet, you can add a custom rule to SonarQube which will alert when the word null appears.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing HttpClientCodeGenerator and NullGuard you can also consider the following projects:

csharp-source-generators - A list of C# Source Generators (not necessarily awesome) and associated resources: articles, talks, demos.

maui-linux - .NET MAUI is the .NET Multi-platform App UI, a framework for building native device applications spanning mobile, tablet, and desktop.

generator-start - template repository for a roslyn source generator

Tortuga.Shipwright - A trait engine for C#.

Optional - A robust option type for C#

Enum.Source.Generator - A C# source generator to create an enumeration class from an enum type. With this package, you can work on enums very, very fast without using reflection.

M31.FluentAPI - Generate fluent APIs for your C# classes with ease.