Now, with the release of Silverlight 2, the number of applications based on this technology is increasing, but at the same time, certain growth challenges have emerged.
Author: Jensen Carl
Evolution of the model-representation-model-representation pattern
Popular design patterns have made people’s lives easier since the early days of creating user interfaces for programs.
What is MVVM?
Model-View-View-ViewModel (i.e. MVVM) is a client application architecture pattern that was proposed by John Gossman as an alternative to the MVC
Why WPF developers love MVVM so much
If a developer is used to WPF and MVVM, the latter becomes difficult to distinguish. MVVM is a kind of common language for WPF developers because it is well adapted to the WPF platform
WPF applications with model-representation design pattern
There are popular design patterns that help tame this monster, but the task of properly separating the many issues and resolving them can be difficult.
Adding MVVM Light with NuGet
NuGet is a package manager that allows you to add packages (such as assemblies and source code) to an existing project.
Installing the MVVM Light Toolkit
To add MVVM Light to an existing project, use the NuGet package manager. This is the recommended method for downloading and integrating MVVM Light.
Creating a new MVVM Light application in Visual Studio
If you’re starting a new project, you can easily create a new MVVM Light project in Visual Studio. The MVVM Light Toolkit provides a project template for each supported XAML framework
Documentation
A Pluralsight course titled MVVM Light Toolkit Fundamentals is now available! This is the ideal starting point to dive into the toolkit.