Where can I learn about MEF?

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I watched the DNR TV episode with Glenn Block and it looks like MEF would be useful for my company. I am trying to find out more information on it's strengths and weaknesses and some sample projects that use it. Are there any good blogs/tutorials on using MEF?

Note: I use C#, so if the examples are in C#, that would be awesome.

score 60 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 06 '23 at 15:03

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I haven't found a really comprehensive page, but there are a few:

Microsoft Docs

Simple Example from a msdn blog

Code Project's Introduction to MEF (part 1)

MEF 101 part A from Geek with Blogs

MEF 101 part B

Another MSDN blog, a little more history than tutorial

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score 15 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 06 '23 at 15:03

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Mike Taulty recently did a set of screencasts on using MEF in Silverlight, which should be a good introduction to MEF.

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answered Jan 13 '10 at 23:37

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score 14 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 19 '10 at 22:57

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I've done an ever growing series on MEF from the very basics into more advanced stuff planned in the near future.

http://randomactsofcoding.blogspot.com/2009/11/working-with-managed-extensibility.html

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I could have give +10 for you, its really excellent article James, Beginners I highly recommend to start from here. – Sai Oct 24 '14 at 12:44

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 14 '11 at 02:12

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I wrote this MEF demo article on CodeProject, and all the code is open sourced.

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score 2 · Answer 5 · edited Dec 12 '17 at 08:39

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Microsoft Docs is a good start

Kathleen Dollard has some good materials as well

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score 2 · Answer 6 · edited Mar 06 '23 at 15:03

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If you're looking for information on the latest version of MEF that is shipping with the next .NET Framework, the definitive source of information is the BCL Team Blog on MSDN.

(MEF is part of the .NET Base Class Libraries.)

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 22 '13 at 15:29

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Dependency Injection in .NET by Mark Seemann has a section on MEF, as well as Castle Windsor, StructureMap, Spring.NET, Autofac, and Unity.

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