Microsoft has often been criticized{{By whom|date=May 2017}} for the lack of tooling support for T4 within the Visual Studio IDE, and relies on third parties namely [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714235509/http://www.olegsych.com/2009/04/t4-editor-by-tangible-engineering/ Tangible Engineering],<ref>{{cite web|last=Sych |first=Oleg |url=http://www.olegsych.com/2007/12/text-template-transformation-toolkit/ |title=T4: Text Template Transformation Toolkit |publisher=Oleg Sych |date=2007-12-22 |access-date=2012-05-17}}</ref> however later revisions have included better tooling support.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/garethj/archive/2010/04/15/what-s-new-in-t4-in-visual-studio-2010.aspx |title=What's new in T4 in Visual Studio 2010 - [Profoundly Esoteric Image] - Site Home - MSDN Blogs |publisher=Blogs.msdn.com |date=2010-04-15 |access-date=2012-05-17}}</ref>
