Managed Add-in Framework(MAF)

[Managed Add-in Framework (MAF)]

1. What is MAF

   1. 1. It is and add-in development framework that allow application capability to be extended by third parties.Read more here..

2. When to use MAF

• • 1. It can be used in a situation when third parties need to add additional capabilities to an existing application without modifying code base.

    2. Common examples are adding additional decoders to a music players or adding additional them to a gaming system.

3. Perquisite

• • 1. Visual Studio 2010

4. Getting Started with MAF

• 1. Simple Demo Videos

     1. Managed AddIn Framework (Part 1)

     2. Managed AddIn Framework (Part 2)

     3. Managed AddIn Framework-Channel9

  2. Overview Tutorials

     2. 1. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tq/archive/2005/09/15/467714.aspx

        2. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384200.aspx

  3. Hands On Lab

• • 1. Walkthrough: Creating an Extensible Application

    2. Walkthrough: Enabling Backward Compatibility as Your Host Changes

    3. Walkthrough: Passing Collections Between Hosts and Add-Ins

• 4. More Resources

• • • 1. None

5. Advance Topics

• 1. TODO

6. Related Technologies

• 1. MEF

  2. Pipeline Builder

7. Best Practices (Dos and Don`t Dos)

• 1. TODO

8. Discussions (FAQ)

• 1. MEF Vs MAF

9. Recommended Books

• 1. Beginners

     1. 1. No book has been released yet.

  2. Expert

• • • 1. No book has been released yet.

• 3. Guru

• • • 1. No book has been released yet.

10. Additional References

• • 1. Project Home: http://clraddins.codeplex.com/