# Code Generation

> Producing source code automatically from a higher-level model, schema, or specification.

Record: `lexicon:code-generation`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-code-generation

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Capacity Planning](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/capacity-planning.md) and before [Composition Root](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/composition-root.md).

## Category

- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-vocabulary.md)

## Enabled by

- [Metadata-Driven Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/metadata-driven-design.md)

## Reinforced by

- [Code as Data](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/code-as-data.md)

## Linked from

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)
- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)