Switch to build-time generation for Resx Files

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4/5
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Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
build-system, tooling

Research direction

Start with the default .csproj template and its ItemGroup entries for Compile and EmbeddedResource, then investigate how ResXFileCodeGenerator is invoked during builds. Done means build-time generation works for ResX files and provides a straightforward way for developers to access the resources.

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Description

When using our default .csproj template:

  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Include="**\*.cs" Exclude="$(GlobalExclude)" />
    <EmbeddedResource Include="**\*.resx" Exclude="$(GlobalExclude)" />
    <None Include="project.json" />
  </ItemGroup>

We don't get the ResXFileCodeGenerator executed, so there isn't a nice developer experience of how to get access to the resources.

/cc @davkean @srivatsn @natidea @nguerrera

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