MVVM / Prism Training Course

Who should attend

.NET Developers and architects who need to get hands-on experience implementing the MVVM pattern using WPF and Prism.

Prerequisites

Delegates should have attended our WPF Training Course or have equivalent hands-on experience of developing with Windows Presentation Foundation.

Live, instructor-led online and on-site training

We appreciate that you need flexibility to fit in with new working situations - whether you're an individual, part of a distributed team, or simply have projects and deadlines to meet. 

Our remote training can take place online in a virtual classroom, with content split into modules to accommodate your scheduling challenges and meet your learning goals. Get in touch today to find out how we can help design a cost-effective, flexible training solution.

As soon as it's safe, we'll return to also offering the on-site custom training courses and programmes upon which we've built our reputation.

MVVM / Prism Training Course Syllabus

Overview of the MVVM Design Pattern

• About the MVVM pattern
• MVVM Architecture
• Simple Applications
• Defining better structure for large applications
• The Role of the Model
• The Role of the View
• The Role of the View-Model

Implementing WPF Applications using MVVM

• Setting the scene
• MVVM Walkthrough
• Defining a view-model to adapt a model
• Defining a view-model to help a view
• Commands
• Relay Command Class
• Property bindings

Using the MVVM Light Toolkit

Overview of the MVVM Light Toolkit
Obtaining & Installing MVVM Light

• Binaries
• Templates
• Snippets

Creating an MVVM Light application
Implementing Commands
Mapping Events to Commands

Understanding Prism

Overview of Prism

Obtaining & Installing Prism

Key Prism concepts

• Shells and views
• Regions
• Event aggregation
• Dependency injection
  • MEF
  • Unity
• Services
• The Bootstrapper

Implementing WPF Applications using Prism

Overview
Solution organisation

• WPF Project
• Class library project

Shell window
Bootstrapper class
Application class
Module classes
Module views

Using MVVM with Prism

Overview of MVVM support in Prism
Implementing MVVM in Prism modules
Hooking a View to a View-Model
Property-change notifications - the Prism Approach
Commands

• Delegate Command class
• Command Paramaters

Additional Prism Techniques

Navigation

State-based navigation
View -based navigation
Creating composite applications
Multiple regions and views