.NET Plugin DLL Hell (aka assembly binding nightmares)

I’ve worked on a few .NET WinForms applications that utilized a “plugin” model. You’ve probably seen similar apps out there, where a main application searches a directory for DLLs, and then tries to load them into the AppDomain, using some code like below:

This kind of architecture is pretty standard, and is…

1.0.0.3 Release of xPollinate

I just released a new version of xPollinate, 1.0.0.3. This is just a maintenance release to make the plugin work with Windows LiveWriter version 14.0.8089.726. I am currently working on supporting categories for the next release, so stay tuned.