diff --git a/src/ResGen/Program.cs b/src/ResGen/Program.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+
+namespace ConsoleApplication
+{
+    public class Program
+    {
+        public static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            // we are assuming resgen is run with 'dotnet run'
+            // so we can use relative paths
+        	foreach (string folder in Directory.EnumerateDirectories(".."))
+            {
+                string moduleName = Path.GetFileName(folder);
+                string resourcePath = Path.Combine(folder, "resources");
+                if (Directory.Exists(resourcePath))
+                {
+                    string genFolder = Path.Combine(folder, "gen");
+                    if (!Directory.Exists(genFolder))
+                    {
+                        Directory.CreateDirectory(genFolder);
+                    }
+
+                    foreach (string resxPath in Directory.EnumerateFiles(resourcePath, "*.resx"))
+                    {
+                        string className = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(resxPath);
+                        string sourceCode = GetStronglyTypeCsFileForResx(resxPath, moduleName, className);
+                        string outPath = Path.Combine(genFolder, className + ".cs");
+                        Console.WriteLine("ResGen for " + outPath);
+                        File.WriteAllText(outPath, sourceCode);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static string GetStronglyTypeCsFileForResx(string xmlPath, string moduleName, string className)
+        {
+            // Example
+            //
+            // className = Full.Name.Of.The.ClassFoo
+            // shortClassName = ClassFoo
+            // namespaceName = Full.Name.Of.The
+            
+            string shortClassName = className;
+            string namespaceName = null;
+            int lastIndexOfDot = className.LastIndexOf('.');
+            if (lastIndexOfDot != -1)
+            {
+                namespaceName = className.Substring(0, lastIndexOfDot);
+                shortClassName = className.Substring(lastIndexOfDot + 1);
+            }
+
+            var entries = new StringBuilder();
+            XElement root = XElement.Parse(File.ReadAllText(xmlPath));
+            foreach (var data in root.Elements("data"))
+            {
+                string value = data.Value.Replace("\n", "\n    ///");
+                string name = data.Attribute("name").Value.Replace(' ', '_');
+                entries.AppendFormat(ENTRY, name, value);
+            }
+
+            string bodyCode = string.Format(BODY, shortClassName, moduleName, entries.ToString(), className);
+            if (namespaceName != null)
+            {
+                bodyCode = string.Format(NAMESPACE, namespaceName, bodyCode);
+            }
+
+            string resultCode = string.Format(BANNER, bodyCode).Replace("\r\n?|\n", "\r\n");
+            return resultCode;
+        }
+
+        private static readonly string BANNER = @"
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <auto-generated>
+//     This code was generated by a dotnet run from src\ResGen folder.
+//     To add or remove a member, edit your .resx file then rerun src\ResGen.
+//
+//     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
+//     the code is regenerated.
+// </auto-generated>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+{0}
+";
+
+        private static readonly string NAMESPACE = @"
+namespace {0} {{
+{1}
+}}
+";
+        private static readonly string BODY = @"
+using System;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+/// <summary>
+///   A strongly-typed resource class, for looking up localized strings, etc.
+/// </summary>
+[global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute(""System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder"", ""4.0.0.0"")]
+[global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+[global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
+
+internal class {0} {{
+
+    private static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager resourceMan;
+
+    private static global::System.Globalization.CultureInfo resourceCulture;
+
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute(""Microsoft.Performance"", ""CA1811:AvoidUncalledPrivateCode"")]
+    internal {0}() {{
+    }}
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///   Returns the cached ResourceManager instance used by this class.
+    /// </summary>
+    [global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)]
+    internal static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager ResourceManager {{
+        get {{
+            if (object.ReferenceEquals(resourceMan, null)) {{
+                global::System.Resources.ResourceManager temp = new global::System.Resources.ResourceManager(""{1}.resources.{3}"", typeof({0}).GetTypeInfo().Assembly);
+                resourceMan = temp;
+            }}
+            return resourceMan;
+        }}
+    }}
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///   Overrides the current threads CurrentUICulture property for all
+    ///   resource lookups using this strongly typed resource class.
+    /// </summary>
+    [global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)]
+    internal static global::System.Globalization.CultureInfo Culture {{
+        get {{
+            return resourceCulture;
+        }}
+        set {{
+            resourceCulture = value;
+        }}
+    }}
+    {2}
+}}
+";
+
+    private static readonly string ENTRY = @"
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///   Looks up a localized string similar to {1}
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static string {0} {{
+        get {{
+            return ResourceManager.GetString(""{0}"", resourceCulture);
+        }}
+    }}
+";
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ResGen/project.json b/src/ResGen/project.json
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+{
+    "name": "resgen",
+    "version": "1.0.0-*",
+    "description": "Generates C# typed bindings for .resx files",
+
+    "buildOptions": {
+        "emitEntryPoint": true
+    },
+
+    "frameworks": {
+        "netcoreapp1.0": {
+            "dependencies": {
+                "Microsoft.NETCore.App": "1.0.0",
+                "System.Xml.XDocument": "4.0.11"
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    
+    "runtimes": {
+        "ubuntu.14.04-x64": { },
+        "debian.8-x64": { },
+        "centos.7-x64": { },
+        "win7-x64": { },
+        "win81-x64": { },
+        "win10-x64": { },
+        "osx.10.11-x64": { }
+    }
+}