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# Productivity Features

> Metalama offers productivity features like ready-to-use aspect libraries, Visual Studio tooling, test frameworks, and transformed code debugging.

Canonical: https://postsharp.net/metalama/features/productivity.html

Metalama ships aspect libraries, Visual Studio tooling, test frameworks, and transformed-code debugging. By the PostSharp team: meta-programming in .NET since 2004.

| Feature | Description |
|----------|----------|
| [Ready-to-Use Aspect Libraries](https://postsharp.net/metalama/features/aspect-libraries) | Pull professionally built and tested aspects from NuGet instead of writing your own. |
| [Visual Studio Tooling](https://postsharp.net/metalama/features/tooling) <i class="premium"></i> | See how your code is affected by aspects directly in Visual Studio with Code Lens integration, Aspect Diff, and Aspect Explorer. Enjoy syntax highlighting for T#, Metalama's C#-to-C# template language. |
| [Test Frameworks](https://postsharp.net/metalama/features/testing) | Test code generation patterns and the reporting of warnings and errors. |
| [Transformed Code Debugging](https://postsharp.net/metalama/features/debugging) | Choose whether to step into the transformed code or stick to the source code during debugging. You can see exactly which code is executed. |

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