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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

Working with Collections

Collections are a fundamental part of nearly every application, allowing us to manage and organize groups of related objects. In this chapter, we’ll explore the power of collections in the context of the MVVM design pattern, offering you the tools and knowledge to efficiently work with data in your .NET MAUI applications.

Up until now, our focus has primarily been on binding single values, such as titles, ratings, and commands. However, with the introduction of collections, we can take our applications to the next level. Collections empower us to represent groups of items, whether it be a collection of recipes, lists of ingredients, or arrays of user ratings. By harnessing the capabilities of collections, we can create dynamic, data-driven UIs that provide enhanced user experiences.

This chapter is structured into three key sections:

  • Using BindableLayout
  • The ICollectionChanged interface
  • Working with CollectionView

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