# Syntax Tree Generation

> A technique for generating code by building and printing a syntax tree instead of concatenating strings.

Record: `lexicon:syntax-tree-generation`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-syntax-tree-generation

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Transformation Rules](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/transformation-rules.md) and before [Reflective Contract Bypass](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/reflective-contract-bypass.md).

## Category

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)

## Refactors

- [Homoiconicity](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/homoiconicity.md)
- [Code as Data](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/code-as-data.md)
- [Runtime Code Generation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/runtime-code-generation.md)

## Linked from

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)