SharePoint 2010 Feature Stapling

I just discover while working on the SharePoint 2010 MCPD certification, what is Feature Stapling.

Feature Stapling allows you to create a feature and then associate it with any site definition without ever touching the site definition files themselves. Your feature will be executed when the site is being provisioned.

The full article can be read on sharepointmagazine.net.

http://sharepointmagazine.net/articles/introduction-to-sharepoint-feature-stapling-part-1

http://sharepointmagazine.net/articles/introduction-to-sharepoint-feature-stapling-part-2