.NET 4.0 ASP.NET MVC 3 plug-in architecture with embedded views

Liviu Ignat

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MVC 3 plugin architecture with embedded razor views: steb-by-step description and demo application.

MVCPlugin.zip
- MvcPlugin
  - Binaries
    - BoC.Web.Mvc.PrecompiledViews.dll
    - Commons.Web.Mvc.PrecompiledViews.dll
    - System.Web.Helpers.dll
    - System.Web.Helpers.xml
    - System.Web.Mvc.dll
    - System.Web.Razor.dll
    - System.Web.Razor.xml
    - System.Web.WebPages.dll
    - System.Web.WebPages.Razor.dll
    - System.Web.WebPages.Razor.xml
    - System.Web.WebPages.xml
  - PluginBin
    - Debug
  - PluginTest.Infrastructure
    - bin
      - Debug
    - IModule.cs
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        DesignTimeResolveAssemblyReferencesInput.cache
        
        TempPE
    - PluginTest.Infrastructure.csproj
    - Properties
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - PluginTest.PluginManager
    - bin
      - Debug
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        DesignTimeResolveAssemblyReferencesInput.cache
        
        TempPE
    - PluginBootstrapper.cs
    - PluginManager.cs
    - PluginTest.PluginManager.csproj
    - PreApplicationInit.cs
    - Properties
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - PluginTest.Plugins.Calendar
    - bin
      - Debug
    - CalendarModule.cs
    - Controllers
      - CalendarController.cs
      - CalendarItemController.cs
    - Models
      - CalendarItemModel.cs
      - CalendarModel.cs
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        DesignTimeResolveAssemblyReferencesInput.cache
        
        TempPE
        
        Views.Calendar.Index.cs.dll
        
        Views.CalendarItem.Index.cs.dll
        
        Views.Index.cs.dll
    - PluginTest.Plugins.Calendar.csproj
    - Properties
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - Views
      - Calendar
        
        Index.cs
        
        Index.cshtml
      - CalendarItem
        
        Index.cs
        
        Index.cshtml
  - PluginTest.Plugins.News
    - bin
    - Controllers
      - NewsController.cs
    - Models
      - NewsModel.cs
    - NewsModule.cs
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        DesignTimeResolveAssemblyReferencesInput.cache
        
        TempPE
        
        Views.News.Index.cs.dll
    - PluginTest.Plugins.News.csproj
    - Properties
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - Views
      - News
        
        Index.cs
        
        Index.cshtml
  - PluginTest.Plugins.TestPlugin
    - bin
      - Debug
    - Controllers
      - TestPluginController.cs
    - Models
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        DesignTimeResolveAssemblyReferencesInput.cache
        
        TempPE
        
        Views.TestPlugin.Index.cs.dll
    - PluginTest.Plugins.TestPlugin.csproj
    - Properties
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - TestPluginModule.cs
    - Views
      - TestPlugin
        
        Index.cs
        
        Index.cshtml
  - PluginTest.sln
  - PluginTest.suo
  - PluginTest.Web
    - App_Data
    - bin
    - Content
      - jshowoff.css
      - Site.css
      - themes
        
        ui-darkness
        
        images
        
        ui-bg_flat_30_cccccc_40x100.png
        
        ui-bg_flat_50_5c5c5c_40x100.png
        
        ui-bg_glass_20_555555_1x400.png
        
        ui-bg_glass_40_0078a3_1x400.png
        
        ui-bg_glass_40_ffc73d_1x400.png
        
        ui-bg_gloss-wave_25_333333_500x100.png
        
        ui-bg_highlight-soft_80_eeeeee_1x100.png
        
        ui-bg_inset-soft_25_000000_1x100.png
        
        ui-bg_inset-soft_30_f58400_1x100.png
        
        ui-icons_222222_256x240.png
        
        ui-icons_4b8e0b_256x240.png
        
        ui-icons_a83300_256x240.png
        
        ui-icons_cccccc_256x240.png
        
        ui-icons_ffffff_256x240.png
        
        jquery-ui-1.8.18.css
    - Controllers
      - HomeController.cs
    - Global.asax
    - Global.asax.cs
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        DesignTimeResolveAssemblyReferencesInput.cache
        
        PluginTest.Web.csproj.FileListAbsolute.txt
        
        TempPE
    - packages.config
    - plugins
    - PluginTest.Web.csproj
    - PluginTest.Web.csproj.user
    - Properties
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - Scripts
      - jqPlugins
        
        jquery.jshowoff.min.js
      - jquery-1.7.1.min.js
      - jquery-ui-1.8.18.min.js
      - modernizr-1.7.js
      - modernizr-1.7.min.js
      - pluginTest
        
        pluginTest.common.js
        
        pluginTest.menu.js
        
        pluginTest.rotator.js
    - Utils
      - Constants
        
        PluginNames.cs
    - Views
      - _ViewStart.cshtml
      - Home
        
        Index.cshtml
      - Shared
        
        _Layout.cshtml
        
        Error.cshtml
      - Web.config
    - Web.config
    - Web.Debug.config
    - Web.Release.config
  - PluginText.Plugins.Agenda
    - AgendaModule.cs
    - bin
    - Controllers
      - AgendaController.cs
    - Models
      - AgendaDto.cs
      - AgendaModel.cs
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        DesignTimeResolveAssemblyReferencesInput.cache
        
        PluginText.Plugins.Agenda.csproj.FileListAbsolute.txt
        
        TempPE
        
        Views.Agenda.Index.cs.dll
        
        Views.Agenda.TextFile1.cs.dll
    - PluginTest.Plugins.Agenda.csproj
    - Properties
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - Views
      - Agenda
        
        Index.cs
        
        Index.cshtml
- RazorSingleFileGenerator.vsix
- readme.txt.txt

C:\Users\Liviu\Desktop\MvcPlugin\PluginTest\PluginTest.Web\bin\PluginTest.Web.dll
C:\Users\Liviu\Desktop\MvcPlugin\PluginTest\PluginTest.Web\bin\PluginTest.Web.pdb
C:\Users\Liviu\Desktop\MvcPlugin\PluginTest\PluginTest.Web\bin\EntityFramework.dll
C:\Users\Liviu\Desktop\MvcPlugin\PluginTest\PluginTest.Web\bin\EntityFramework.xml
C:\Users\Liviu\Desktop\MvcPlugin\PluginTest\PluginTest.Web\obj\Debug\ResolveAssemblyReference.cache
C:\Users\Liviu\Desktop\MvcPlugin\PluginTest\PluginTest.Web\obj\Debug\PluginTest.Web.dll
C:\Users\Liviu\Desktop\MvcPlugin\PluginTest\PluginTest.Web\obj\Debug\PluginTest.Web.pdb

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Liviu Ignat

Software Developer (Senior)

Germany

.NET & JavaScript Senior Software Lead Developer & Architect.
Since 2005 worked with most of .NET technologies (Windows Forms, ASP.NET, WCF, WPF, XNA) and for some years passionate about JavaScript and client JavaScript Architecture.

.NET 4.0 ASP.NET MVC 3 plug-in architecture with embedded views

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