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In modern times control systems are becoming more complex at the same time that control groups are tightening their belts and staff are consisting of fewer and fewer people. Hardware specialists and machine physicists (and not computer scientists!) are frequently being called upon to develop and maintain control system applications. There are at least three approaches a control system engineer can take to make life easier for such developers: 1) ‘No programming ’-servers are database driven, clients are wide-interface or widget driven. 2) ‘Do it yourself ’- developers must be able to use an application programmer’s interface (API) and know how to program in the designated language 3). ‘Wizard based ’ – developers enter application criteria into a ‘wizard ’ which produces code (i.e. a project), which can run as is and/or be used as a starting point for further development. We report here on the third approach in the context of the TINE control system at DESY. The TINE server wizard will be presented, which generates server-side projects in C or Visual Basic. The TINE client wizard will also be presented, which generates client-side projects in Visual Basic, Java, and DDD (DOOCS Data Devices).