---
title: "Plugin frameworks in .Net links"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/25/plugin-frameworks-in-net-links.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/25/plugin-frameworks-in-net-links.html"
published: "2003-11-25T22:44:00"
updated: "2003-11-25T22:44:00"
tags: [".Net Original", "Cool Tools"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "It looks like making applications that can have plugins starting to catch on. But I really didn't get much feedback on my Extensibility Application Block - which enables exactly this . Perhaps I should have renamed it…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Plugin frameworks in .Net links

By Roy Osherove November 25, 2003 In [.Net Original](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-original), [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

**Historical article** · Originally published November 25, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

It looks like making applications that can have plugins starting to catch on. But I really didn't get much feedback on my [Extensibility Application Block](http://workspaces.gotdotnet.com/eap) \- **which enables exactly this**. Perhaps I should have renamed it to **Plugins Application Block**? Anyway, Both [Julie](http://weblogs.asp.net/jlerman/posts/39784.aspx) and [Brady](http://weblogs.asp.net/tatochip/posts/39782.aspx) have written about using a pluggable framework do do various useful stuff.

I do see this area as mostly untouched in the .Net world so here are a few links that talk about this(first 3 are mine):

- [Extensibility Application Block](http://workspaces.gotdotnet.com/eap)
- [Add run-time functionality to your application by providing a plug-in mechanism](http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/Plugins.asp)
- [Add run-time functionality to your application part II: Dynamic search and load DLLS](http://msdnaa.net/Resources/Display.aspx?ResID=2200)
- [AppDomains and Dynamic Loading](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dncscol/html/csharp05162002.asp)(MSDN)
- [Create a Flexible Dynamic plugin framework](http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/PluginManagerClassBrk.asp?df=100&forumid=26061&select=675789&msg=675789#xx663934xx)
- [Let Users Add Functionality to Your .NET Applications with Macros and Plug-Ins](http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/10/Plug-Ins/default.aspx)(MSDN)[](http://workspaces.gotdotnet.com/eap)
- [Creating an Extensible User Interface with .NET, Part 1](http://www.codeproject.net/csharp/extensibleui.asp)
- [Creating an Extensible User Interface with .NET, Part 2](http://www.codeproject.net/csharp/extensibleui2.asp)

## More in .Net Original

[All posts in .Net Original](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-original)

- Nov 27, 2003

    ### [\[Tool\] Scripter allows you to configure a linked Javascript or VBScript file.](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/27/tool-scripter-allows-you-to-configure-a-linked-javascript-or.html)

- Nov 26, 2003

    ### [\[Review\] CodeSmart.Net](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/26/review-codesmartnet.html)

- Nov 24, 2003

    ### [Introducing: Extensibility Application Block](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/24/introducing-extensibility-application-block.html)

- Nov 20, 2003

    ### [DotNetNuke Rocks!](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/20/dotnetnuke-rocks.html)


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