Technical Concepts

There are a number of technical concepts specific to the Composite Application Library, see Figure 1. These technical concepts are implementations of the design concepts and patterns identified as important for building composite user interface (UI) applications.

Figure 1

Composite Application Library concepts

For more information about the technical concepts, see the following:

• Module (includes information about module management)
• UI Composition
• Commands
• Shell and View
• Container and Services
• Bootstrapper
• Event Aggregator
• Communication
• Multi-Targeting
• UI Design Guidance Overview
• Deploying WPF Applications with ClickOnce
• Deploying Silverlight Applications

More Information

To learn more about the design and use of the Composite Application Library, see the following topics:

• Goals and Benefits
• Composite Application Library Baseline Architecture
• Key Decisions
• Development Activities
• Customizing the Composite Application Library

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