Declaring MEF Parts to be Transient(nizarnoorani.com)

submitted by noorani786(225) 11 months, 7 days ago

I had very hard time locating the following information and, therefore, would like to share it with others thru my blog: MEF allows your to declare your exports as either singleton or transient. read more...

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MEF or PRISM?which one is better?(singhtechies.biz)

submitted by jazsaini(80) 11 months, 25 days ago

I have now extensively tested these 2 ways of dealing with MVVM(Model View View Model) in silver light & have found the following important points. read more...

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Using Metadata in your MEF Exports(www.dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 1 year, 1 month ago

Taking a look at how you can use MEF (Managed Extensibility Framework) to expose metadata attributes in your exports. Having the ability to expose metadata will give you the ability to make decisions around your exports with this metadata. read more...

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Using Property/Method Exports in MEF(www.dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 1 year, 1 month ago

Taking a look at how you can use MEF (Managed Extensibility Framework) to export either properties or methods on an object. Having the ability to export only certian properties or methods via MEF provides you another great way to extend your application. You can now have different exports for each use case and you do not need to export the entire class, only parts of that class. read more...

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Dynamic XAP Discovery with Silverlight MEF (www.wintellect.com)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 1 year, 4 months ago

What's missing, it seems, is a mechanism to dynamically discover the XAPs that are available on the server. If I'm using MEF to support a plug-in architecture, for example, I might want to drop a XAP containing a new plug-in into a folder on the server and have the plug-in automatically show up in my browser the next time the application runs. MEF won't do that on its own, but it will if you lend it a helping hand. After discussing various ways to do dynamic discovery in MEF with Jeremy Likness, I wrote a sample to demonstrate a technique based on passing InitParams to the Silverlight control. The technique is pretty simple. You begin by modifying the ASPX file that hosts your Silverlight application. First, you add an empty InitParams <params> element to the <object> element that instantiates the Silverlight control, and you include an ID and a runat="server" attribute so you can manipulate the element from server-side code: read more...

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Modular ASP.NET MVC using the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)(www.fidelitydesign.net)

submitted by Antaris(15) 1 year, 9 months ago

I've built a concept ASP.NET MVC architecture that uses the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) to dynamically import parts (controllers, models, etc.). I'm looking for feedback on improvements, blatant things I've done wrong and anything else. read more...

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MEF will not get easier, it’s cool as ICE(blog.maartenballiauw.be)

submitted by maartenba(5845) 1 year, 11 months ago

Over the past few weeks, several people asked me to show them how to use MEF (Managed Extensibility Framework), some of them seemed to have some difficulties with the concept of MEF. I tried explaining that it will not get easier than it is currently, hence the title of this blog post. MEF is based on 3 keywords: export, import, compose. Since these 3 words all start with a letter that can be combined to a word, and MEF is cool, here’s a hint on how to remember it: MEF is cool as ICE! read more...

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Working with the Managed Extensibility Framework (TOC)(randomactsofcoding.blogspot.com)

submitted by powerrush(3873) 2 years ago

Have you ever attempted to write an extensible application? You know the kind. The applications where your boss wants to be able to add stuff to it without rewriting the entire application and with minimum costs. Or the type of application you want to release out to the community and provide a way for them to add their own customizations to it. read more...

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MEF - Secure Directory catalog(blogs.microsoft.co.il)

submitted by bnayae(340) 2 years, 1 month ago

How to secure your MEF catalog read more...

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Introduction to MEF, Getting rolling with basic usage(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 2 months ago

Taking a quick look at the new plugin framework from Microsoft the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF for short). In this episode we will explore how to setup your first MEF based plug-in system and show how easy it can be. read more...

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A Whirlwind Tour through the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)(blog.bartdesmet.net)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 2 years, 6 months ago

From a hotel lobby in the sunny city of Durban, South-Africa, waiting for my plane transfer after a great TechEd Africa event. Why not write a blog post on one of my talks: the Managed Extensibility Framework, or MEF. As we steam ahead to release .NET 4.0, it’s great to see the amount of new APIs that will make it into this release. I had the opportunity to talk on three of those the past few days: * The Dynamic Language Runtime (System.Dynamic) with dynamic support in C# and VB, and dynamic languages like IronPython and IronRuby. * New additions for parallel programming (Task Parallel Library, PLINQ, Coordination Data Structures). * The Managed Extensibility Framework (System.ComponentModel.Composition). read more...

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Revised: ASP.NET MVC and the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)(blog.maartenballiauw.be)

submitted by maartenba(5845) 2 years, 7 months ago

A while ago, I did a blog post on combining ASP.NET MVC and MEF (Managed Extensibility Framework), making it possible to “plug” controllers and views into your application as a module. I received a lot of positive feedback as well as a hard question from Dan Swatik who was experiencing a Server Error with this approach… Here’s a better approach to ASP.NET MVC and MEF. read more...

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ASP.NET MVC and the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)(blog.maartenballiauw.be)

submitted by maartenba(5845) 2 years, 9 months ago

Microsoft’s Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) is a .NET library (released on CodePlex) that enables greater re-use of application components. You can do this by dynamically composing your application based on a set of classes and methods that can be combined at runtime. Think of it like building an appliation that can host plugins, which in turn can also be composed of different plugins. Since examples say a thousand times more than text, let’s go ahead with a sample leveraging MEF in an ASP.NET MVC web application. read more...

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5 Minute Tutorial on Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)(milkcarton.com)

submitted by akcoder(830) 2 years, 10 months ago

A quick, to the point tutorial on exposing and consuming a plugin architecture created with MEF. read more...

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Addicted To MEF - Part 2(codethinked.com)

submitted by munchr(45) 3 years, 2 months ago

Tutorial which goes over how to dynamically load exports from a "plugins" folder with preview 3 of the Managed Extensibility Framework. read more...

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MEF + Factories Using an Export Provider(blog.eworldui.net)

submitted by mhawley(1125) 3 years, 2 months ago

Taking a different approach to resolving factory exports within MEF by using an ExportProvider (new in preview 3 drop) over using a part catalog. This approach ultimately leads to a cleaner and simpler solution. read more...

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