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# Welcome to Metalama Tools for Visual Studio!

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Metalama generates the boilerplate you'd otherwise hand-write, and validates your code as you type.

Metalama is PostSharp's open-source patterns & architecture toolkit for C#. Our motto: _If it's repetitive, it can be automated._ Say goodbye to tedious tasks and cumbersome boilerplate. Welcome to clean, maintainable, and DRY code.

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## Getting Started with Metalama

Get started:

- **[Using Metalama](https://doc.metalama.net/conceptual/using):** Start here if, like most developers, you will use Metalama but won't author your own aspects.
- **[Building Aspects](https://doc.metalama.net/conceptual/getting-started):** Ready to build your own aspects? This is your launchpad.
- **[Metalama Marketplace](https://postsharp.net/metalama/marketplace):** Pre-built aspect libraries to save time.
- **[Use Cases](https://postsharp.net/metalama/applications):** Learn when Metalama is the right tool for the job (and when it isn't).

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