R – Do you know any real-world, useful WPF/Silverlight applications using MVVM

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I'm looking for code of full applications that (1) use the MVVM pattern and (2) are approachable for WPF/Silverlight/MVVM beginners. So far I have only found:

Crack.NET – A runtime debugging and scripting tool (useful but quite complicated)
CipherText – WPF Password Manager (perfect but written in VB.NET)

What are some others?

preferably smaller helper apps or tools that use MVVM but that have a completed feel, perhaps with WPF/Silverlight graphic/animation goodness, etc. which show not only the MVVM concepts being used but in a context of a real-world, completed application

My Contribution

Thanks for all the tips, I collected together a list of 15+ MVVM code examples and posted the here:

Overview of WPF/Silverlight code examples that help you learn MVVM.

Best Answer

Given the question, you may be interested in the current effort going on to create a "Pet Shop" type reference implementation for M-V-VM. You can join the conversation or follow progress here.

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C# – Import XAML into WPF RichTextBox

You can use XamlReader to read your Xaml string and convert it to a control:

string templateString = "<Paragraph xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation\"  TextAlignment=\"Left\"><Run FontFamily=\"Comic Sans MS\" FontSize=\"16\" Foreground=\"#FF0000FF\" FontWeight=\"Bold\" >This text is blue and bold.</Run></Paragraph>";
StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(templateString);
XmlReader xmlReader = XmlReader.Create(stringReader);
Paragraph template = (Paragraph)XamlReader.Load(xmlReader);

Just make sure you include the following tag in your template:

xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"

HTH

Wpf – Firing a double click event from a WPF ListView item using MVVM

Please, code behind is not a bad thing at all. Unfortunately, quite a lot people in the WPF community got this wrong.

MVVM is not a pattern to eliminate the code behind. It is to separate the view part (appearance, animations, etc.) from the logic part (workflow). Furthermore, you are able to unit test the logic part.

I know enough scenarios where you have to write code behind because data binding is not a solution to everything. In your scenario I would handle the DoubleClick event in the code behind file and delegate this call to the ViewModel.

Sample applications that use code behind and still fulfill the MVVM separation can be found here:

Win Application Framework (WAF) - https://github.com/jbe2277/waf

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C# – Import XAML into WPF RichTextBox

Wpf – Firing a double click event from a WPF ListView item using MVVM

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