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I understand that SideWaffle provides a bunch of community-driven templates for web developers.

What I don't get is whether there is an advantage to using SideWaffle for writing my own templates for corporate use. The instructions provided, eg:

don't seem any easier than just writing a VSIX package (eg http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms185308.aspx ).

Am I missing something? As a template author, what does SideWaffle do for me?

crimbo
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  • How are you creating templates today? – Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi Aug 07 '14 at 00:21
  • I don't have much experience creating templates, but I was thinking I'd creating a VSIX containing several templates, including a multi-project template. Does using SideWaffle make that any easier/better? – crimbo Aug 07 '14 at 04:23
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    Try it without SideWaffle/TemplateBuilder and then get back to me. I don't even know how you would start unless you were very knowledgeable of the subject, theres a lot of moving parts, and ways to go wrong. The video to watch is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z33jOo75CH4&list=UUwEinBp3Mx1UuAR52pzRcNw – Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi Aug 07 '14 at 07:36
  • FYI for multi project templates you should use a custom wizard to appropriately handle the name passed in. You can use wizards already available in TemplateBuilder (SideWaffle is built on TB). Here is multi proj doc https://github.com/ligershark/side-waffle/wiki/How-to-create-a-multi-project-template. Multi prom templates are still tough even w TB, without TB its nuts. – Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi Aug 07 '14 at 07:48

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