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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

The MVVM Toolkit

The MVVM Toolkit (CommunityToolkit.Mvvm) is a comprehensive library that’s designed to simplify and streamline the implementation of the MVVM pattern in your applications. Developed and maintained by the .NET community, this toolkit provides a robust set of framework-independent tools, components, and utilities that help you build applications using the MVVM pattern. It’s important to note that this toolkit isn’t .NET MAUI-specific; it’s UI framework-agnostic.

Here are some of the key features of the MVVM Toolkit:

  • ObservableObject: This class serves as a base class that implements the INotifyPropertyChanged interface, simplifying the process of raising the PropertyChanged event. Its SetProperty method streamlines setting property values and automatically raises the PropertyChanged event when needed. By using this class, developers can reduce the boilerplate code associated with checking for property updates and triggering the...