Now that we have SignalR integrated into our API, I want to start using it from WPF. So to do this we’re going to add a SignalR chat handler. One of the ideas behind this application was to support multiple types of methods for sending chats using the IMessenger interface provided by CommunityToolkit.Mvvm. That way, […]
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As mentioned in my last post I wanted to hit on the IMessenger services included with the CommunityToolkit.Mvvm. There is a ton of funtionality with the IMessenger but at it’s core it passes messages between an instance that sends a message and any instances that are registered to receive the message. To do this there […]
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The intention here is to cover some simple basics with getting CommunityToolkit.Mvvm going using dependency injection. There are a ton of of tutorials that go much further in-depth with CommunityToolkit including Microsoft’s own introduction. But as a basic intro let’s start with what CommunityToolkit.Mvvm is. It is a package that integrates the MVVM pattern into […]
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I decided I should start titling my posts with XAML instead of WPF as they are applicable regardless of whether you are developing in Windows 7 with WPF or Windows 8. I’m going to take the BreadCrumb design pattern sample and extend it to include the Live Filter design pattern. The premise behind the Live […]
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I’ve been getting quite a few hits lately on my post, Binding a Dependency Property of a View to its ViewModel. After reviewing it I realized that, while the post isn’t too bad, it doesn’t read as smooth as I would like (though it does have some pretty pictures with arrows and boxes and stuff, […]
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I think the simplest design pattern we’ve all used without really calling it a pattern, other than observer, is the adapter design pattern. The adapter design pattern is known more colloquially as a wrapper where you wrap a bunch of functionality from one or more classes into a single class because of incompatibilities between the […]
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Up next in my series on ways you’ve probably used design patterns in real-life and may not have even known it, the Observer and Command design patterns. This continues on from my post Composite and Memento Design Patterns – A Real World Example. Command pattern is meant to actually decouple the GUI and back-end code. […]
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So you don’t need to know software design patterns. But, as I hope got across in my post, knowing and understanding patterns can only benefit you. I wanted to put together a real-life example of some of the instances where I’ve used patterns, even if the use of the patterns was unintentional. Hopefully you will […]
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UPDATE 07/30/2014:Please be sure to check out the second part to this at Binding a Dependency Property of a View to its ViewModel, part Deux which contains a working sample solution of the code here. I like MVVM in concept and I had prepared a long, off-topic rant about MVVM because of a bit of […]
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This has been a fun journey and hopefully you’ve learned a bit about MVVM and the TPL. I do have plans for future posts in this series that will center around the TPL.Dataflow namespace. It’s an area of the TPL I don’t seem written about a lot and I think there are probably a few […]
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