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Windows 8 Special Issue 2012

The Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) design pattern achieves a separation of logic and UX in Windows Store applications and also enables UX designers to create and test UIs without the existence of the underlying logic. Learn how to create an application using the MVVM design pattern in Visual Studio 12, using the MVVM Light Toolkit.

This is part 2 to the article Simplified MVVM: Silverlight 4 Video Player. That article focused on the MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) pattern, and how it supports Designer / Developer collaboration and workflow. However, when others tried to use that project for a real website, they found they needed the full set of controls that a video player normally provides. I decided to use this as an opportunity to dig deeper into "Simplified" MVVM and demonstrate how easy it truly is, when using Microsoft Expression Blend 4 (or higher).

Using an extended MVVM pattern for real world LOB applications: Part 4

Using an extended MVVM pattern for real world LOB applications: Part 2

Using an extended MVVM pattern for real world LOB applications: Part 1

This article describe how to construct FileExplorer controls included DirectoryTree and FileList, using Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern.

The majority of MFC apps have always had an About... menu entry in the main window's system menu, and this was primarily because the App Wizard generated code for that by default. I wanted to do something similar in a WPF application I've been working on, and I wanted to do it in an MVVM friendly manner. In this article I'll explain a neat way of doing it so that you can easily add menu items and attach command handlers to them while retaining the basic MVVM paradigm.

gives an overview of MVVM pattern, its usage and advantages

An example of a WPF MVVM utility accessing a simple legacy database.

Shows how to implement a WPF Chart in .NET 4.0 using MVVM Pattern