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The MVVM Pattern in .NET MAUI

By : Pieter Nijs
Book Image

The MVVM Pattern in .NET MAUI

By: Pieter Nijs

Overview of this book

In today's fast-paced world of modern software development, teams need to be efficient, productive, and capable of rapidly adapting to changes to deliver high-quality products, making it crucial for developers to write maintainable and easy-to-test code. The MVVM Pattern in .NET MAUI helps you to thoroughly explore the Model-View-View Model (MVVM) design pattern. The chapters show you how this pattern helps in structuring code to embrace the separation of concerns, allowing for loosely coupled user interface and application logic, which ultimately empowers you to write more robust, maintainable, and testable code. The book also highlights .NET MAUI's capabilities and features, and enables you to delve into the essential components within the framework that facilitate the application of the MVVM pattern. With the help of a sample application, this definitive guide takes a hands-on approach to walk you through both the essential and advanced usages of the MVVM pattern to ensure that you successfully apply the practical aspects of the pattern to your .NET MAUI projects. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a comprehensive understanding of the MVVM design pattern and its relevance in the context of .NET MAUI, as well as developed the skills needed to successfully apply it in practice.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Part 1: Key Concepts and Components
8
Part 2: Building a .NET MAUI App Using MVVM
13
Part 3: Mastering MVVM Development

Summary

In this chapter, we explored the powerful possibilities offered by custom controls and control templates in .NET MAUI, all within the context of the MVVM architecture. From understanding the basics of custom controls to creating bindable properties, we’ve delved into the intricacies of data binding on custom controls. We also explored how to add interactivity to our control and how commands can be exposed and dealt with. Furthermore, we dived deep into the flexibility and scalability offered by control templates. Collectively, these techniques enhance reusability and adhere to the principles of separation of concerns. Mastering the art of creating UIs – whether through XAML or code-behind – and understanding how to craft MVVM-friendly controls with bindable properties and commands contributes tremendously to being proficient in MVVM. Whether it’s a simple control with a hardcoded appearance or a complex, template-driven control, the key takeaway...