August 2012
Intermediate to advanced
490 pages
9h 14m
English
Overview
Learn to master the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) design pattern for developing enterprise-grade applications with the "MVVM Survival Guide for Enterprise Architectures in Silverlight and WPF." With hands-on examples and clear strategies, this book helps you streamline your coding workflow and tackle complex designs effectively.
What this Book will help me do
- Implement the MVVM pattern to develop testable and scalable enterprise applications.
- Understand the built-in MVVM support in tools like Entity Framework and WCF.
- Design user interfaces that can be significantly altered with minimal or no code adjustments.
- Solve common challenges in MVVM adoption with or without additional frameworks.
- Adopt best practices to optimize the use of data bindings and templates for UI simplification.
Author(s)
The author is an experienced software architect specializing in Microsoft's Silverlight and WPF platforms and presentation design patterns like MVVM. With years of building large-scale applications, they have accumulated deep insights into solving architectural challenges practically. They aim to provide a roadmap for developers to deliver robust and maintainable enterprise applications.
Who is it for?
This book is aimed at professional developers and software architects proficient in C# and .NET framework who are venturing into Silverlight and WPF. It is ideal for those seeking to improve existing projects or those starting new ones with enterprise architectures in mind. If you are focusing on maintainability and scalability in your applications, this book is tailored for you.
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