1.  Tim Wagner Visual Studio Platform Dev Manager Microsoft Corporation TL32

3. Find Tools Online Gallery CodePlex New Visual Studio 10 download manager Customize Tools Templates Code Snippets Macros Start Page Debugger visualizations Build Tools Add-ins Packages Designers DSLs Editor components

10. VS Extension Empty IDE Free redistribution Great foundation for standalone tools

11. VS Extensions Packages Content Help Custom Shell (optional) Branding Customizations Setup Program PLKs & SLKs** Optionally chain in Shell runtime

12. What?How? Create stub EXEComes with default project Apply custom branding Replace icons and splash screen; add your own “Help About” box Customize menus and commands Uncomment tags in.vsct file Customize package registrationChange.pkgundef file Customize tool window registrationChange.pkgundef file Add your own packages Add projects into solution and change Shell Dependencies Add your own template Add template into shared template location and run /setup Create setup for your shell productUse “Setup” project

21. I need "Foo" I provide "Foo" I need "Foo" Part A Part B Part C

22. static void Main(string[] args) { var container = new CompositionContainer(); var consoleWriter = new ConsoleWriter(); container.AddPart(consoleWriter); container.AddPart(new DateOutputFormatter()); container.Compose(); consoleWriter.Write("Hello MEF, my first MEF app"); Console.ReadLine(); } public interface IOutputFormatter { string Format(string message); }

23. [Export(typeof(IOutputFormatter))] public class DateOutputFormatter : IOutputFormatter { public string Format(string message) { return string.Format("{0}: {1}", DateTime.Now, message); } public class ConsoleWriter { [Import] public IOutputFormatter Formatter { get; set; } public void Write(string message) { Console.WriteLine(Formatter.Format(message)); }

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