code-generating code
nounUK /kəʊd ˈdʒɛnəreɪtɪŋ kəʊd/
US /koʊd ˈdʒɛnəreɪtɪŋ koʊd/
Code that writes other code for you.
The team used code-generating code to build the app's forms automatically.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Software that turns templates or models into working programs.
The code-generating code produced all the database classes from one schema.
3. A program that writes repetitive parts of a program so people don't have to.
Instead of typing every getter by hand, she ran the code-generating code.
4. Tools that create code from a description, such as a model or diagram.
Their code-generating code read the diagram and output the API stubs.