Here’s a little known fact about T4 Templates…well besides that they exist in the first place. Visual Studio 2005 had support for T3 templates. T4 is the natural successor to T3. T3 is also the abbreviation used when marketing the movie Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. I heard that the names are related, but I haven’t confirmed it beyond a doubt, which seems appropriate given the title of the movie. But you didn’t hear that from me, deal?

terminator3 Dude looks ready to write some code!

Although they’ve been around forever, I haven’t really dived into T4 templates until recently as I’ve been using them in Subtext. I’m excited that we’re now incorporating them into ASP.NET MVC.

The Visual Web Developer Team Blog just posted an in-depth look at T4 templates in ASP.NET MVC entitled, T4 Templates: A Quick-Start Guide for ASP.NET MVC Developers.

Be sure to check out their other post covering What’s New for MVC Tools in ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Release Candidate.