MVVM in WPF Survival Guide From A to Z (Udemy.com)
Learn how to create a maintainable Windows application applying MVVM to WPF. Introduction to Caliburn.Micro.
Created by: Engineer Spock
Last updated July 2020
What you will learn
- Logically and physically structuring WPF applications according to MVVM pattern
- Apply either View-First or ViewModel-First approach
- Set up Design-Time Data
- Build a communication bridge between Views and ViewModels
- Correctly apply a static message bus
- Organize navigation
- Validate Models
- Build your own MVVM framework
How it compares
Against the other 418 rated Udemy courses in Lifestyle on CourseDuck:
- Rating3.9 out of 5higher than 1% of them
- Reviews831#103 of 419 by number of reviews
- Length4.4 hourslonger than 75% of them
- Last updatedJuly 2020earlier than 71% of them
Course Description
MVVM (stands for Model-View-ViewModel) is a well-known architectural pattern in the world of WPF. Most enterprise level WPF applications are MVVM-based.
Learn deeply the concepts lying behind the MVVM pattern in order to understand what MVVM is in essence and how to pragmatically apply it to a WPF application. This is a great MVVM tutorial for beginners (beginners in MVVM, don't forget to look at prerequisites)!
Teaching Approach
No fluff, no ranting, no beating the air. I respect your time. The course material is succinct, yet comprehensive. All important concepts are covered. Particularly important topics are covered in-depth. Don't forget that this course has English subtitles, so if you don't understand my accent, feel free to turn them on.
Take this course and you will be satisfied.
Build a strong foundation in applying MVVM with this course
In the case you’re just familiar with the WPF framework, learning this course will give you a level-up since you’ll be capable of developing professional WPF applications. Applying MVVM intelligently is a “must have” skill for WPF developers.
If you are an experienced WPF developer, you might be interested in how MVVM frameworks may work under the hood. Throughout the course, we will be building a small MVVM framework similar to Caliburn.Micro.
Content and Overview
This course is primarily aimed at intermediate developers. Experts may also find interesting MVVM tricks provided in this course. If you are a beginner, be sure you’re ready to take this course, since it requires from you a solid C#-background and acquaintance with WPF.
This course provides solid theoretical base reinforced by tons of practical material. This course is very practical (except the very first introductory module).
“MVVM in WPF” is a very wide topic and it’s hardly possible to cover all the related challenges arising while applying MVVM. That’s why this course includes the most important topics understanding of which is a key for successful development. We will sacrifice some topics which may be interesting for students, but which are hardly connected with MVVM directly. What I’m talking about is, for example, the problem of setting up a full-fledged data access layer. Such topics are omitted.
The most beneficial aspect of this course is that it gives you the deep understanding of the MVVM pattern. For example, you’ll see how to pass parameters to ViewModels through constructors, without using a static message bus, or passing parameters by explicitly setting properties of a ViewModel.
In short, the course covers the following topics:
MVVM background: what is MVVM, why to use it, when to use MVVM etc.
Connecting Views and ViewModels: View-First and ViewModel-First approaches
Design-Time data support
Configuring and using an IoC-container (by the example of Castle.Windsor
Communication channel between Views and ViewModels: commands, attached and blend behaviors, static message bus (EventAggregator)
Navigation: hierarchical UI composition, how to open dialogs, including modal dialogs, navigating to parameterized ViewModels (pass parameters into their constructors)
Models and validation
MVVM toolkits: Caliburn.Micro more closely
Unit-Testing of ViewModels
In the end, we will recap what you have learned and you will try to understand where you have to go further with the intention to master your skills. Here we will have a discussion of different paths you can go on.
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Keywords related to the course:
MVVM in WPF
MVVM tutorial
MVVM pattern
Model-View-ViewModel MVVM tutorial
Caliburn.Micro
View-First
ViewModel-First
Instructor Details
- 3.9 Rating
831 Reviews
Engineer Spock
I'm thankful enough for that I love what I do.
I began my career as a postgraduate student participating in Microsoft ImagineCup contest.
I've been working with .NET platform since 2003. I've been professionally architecting and implementing software for nearly 7 years, primarily based on .NET platform. I'm passionate about building rich and powerful applications using modern technologies. I'm a certified specialist in Windows Applications and Service Communication Applications by Microsoft. I'm one of the coordinators of the MSK.NET User Group in Moscow.
"If it's work, we try to do less. If it's art, we try to do more." - Seth Godin.
What I can say is that software is my art.
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Reviews
By Dmitri Novikov on 7/9/2024
The course covers a great amount of advanced material on MVVM. However, the content is very concise, and one should expect to spend some extra time with outside documentation while following along. Probably not the best first introduction to MVVM (nor does it claim to be), but really good for anyone trying to gain more in-depth knowledge. Some of the code, such as the section on Caliburn.Micro, is unfortunately outdated as of July 2024.
By Elad Yehuda on 8/6/2023
With my knowledge of wpf and it's quite a bit of knowledge, I have to say that there were things that were quite clear and not particularly new to me, but there were quite a few things that I was completely lost, and it was really hard for me to follow them properly. I would rather watch 6 hours straight of one video, explaining two real projects one WPF without MVVM design pattern and the other with MVVM and really understand how useful MVVM is. In any case, the material itself was delivered relatively well and easily For someone who just started learning WPF yesterday I wouldn't recommend watching this early on.
By Nicholas Jakubowicz on 7/25/2023
The instructor is very knowledgeable on the subject, and all the code is provided to follow along. But I find the information too "condensed". I prefer a slower pace, one at which I can code along with the instructor. Instead of copy/pasting large chunks of code, and not always explaining why we need this code. I often have to watch lessons two or more times. The content is great, the delivery method less so.
By Anonymized User on 12/28/2022
Covered each and every point in details in very ease manner. and examples are also very easy to understand. Really appreciate your effort to provide such valuable course. Many new concepts I learned through this course despite having more than 3 years' experience in WPF development
By Keoki Stevenson on 9/19/2022
He does expect you to have some knowledge of WPF. I don't have a lot at all. So this course is more of a class on highlights. I may have to revisit it later. One problem is that I had to slow the course down. HE speaks to fast for me and I put captions on. They are not perfect but the captions help. I really like the section on Dependency Injection
By Jim Srensen on 10/8/2020
thank you for these clear explanation
By Maximilian Rck on 7/20/2020
Good course that covers enough to get a great start with Mvvm. Good examples with good explanation. I think I learned enough to create my own powerfull applications.
By Cid Granja Dos Santos on 5/23/2020
This course helped me a lot, great teaching I recommend to everyone.
By Detlef Meyer on 4/7/2020
Instead of really explaining WPF MVVM, Nuget frameworks are used. This may reduce complexity at first, but it does not provide the desired learning effect: understanding and applying MVVM yourself. You can do something like that but then it should be in the course title, like MVVM using Caliburn micro. Anyway I feel betrayed.
By Dmitrii Cheronko on 3/7/2020
If you are new in MVVM or even C# I'm strongly recommending - do not buy this course.
Despite the author is experienced person in wpf, mvvm, patterns, he is having no idea hot to teach programming.
This course is mix of terms, patterns, frameworks, without any clear explanation how it works together.
By faraz baig on 2/3/2020
Started off great, but then it became confusing and there are lots of missing parts and grey areas. There appears to have some cross-overs with his previous course as well and it makes the course not really intermediate level, but just new features introduced all over the place and a short improvement to the game app. Very disappointed.
By Alessandro Vianello on 1/18/2020
Finora non ero pratico dei principi legati alla gestione di WPF, View e ViewModel per cui questa spiegazione mi molto utile. Il corso non semplice, ci sono tanti concetti da assimilare e spesso pu essere necessario riguardarsi le lezioni. Visto l'argomento trattato per, abbastanza normale.
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