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Last week I presented this topic in Zurich, based on p&p ObjectBuilder. It's amazing how much interest people show around this topic, yet there is so little available on the web about ObjectBuilder.
The project has been open sourced for a while now, but the lack of good documentation and a full DI container hindered its adoption. First thing I hear on these conferences is that it's too low-level, and that higher level APIs are needed.
I believe that's what will happen in the short-term. ObjectBuilder is a very good tool to apply simple dependency injection and object composition functionality in your app, without taking huge dependencies. For the most part, you can make it work even without using custom attributes and the like.
You can get the slides (PowerPoint 2007), and download the sample project that compares the usage against standard hardcoded dependencies and even Pico and Spring.
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If you're extending Visual Studio using the VSSDK,
you probably know that it's no trivial task. If you were thinking about
doing some VS extensibility stuff but it all seemed a daunting task,
look no further.
Both the experienced as well as the novice VS extensibility developers will find the VSIPFactory a worthwhile addition on their toolbox. What's even more valuable, it comes with complete source code!
Just head over to the homepage, it's filled with features and screenshots that should be enough to get you more than excited :)
Pablo (the project owner) is a hardcore developer who has been doing VS extensibility for years. He's the man behind the Web Service Software Factory and some features of the Software Factories Toolkit. His blog is full of gems on software factory development and VS extensibility.