Table of Contents Mastering Windows Presentation Foundation Credits About the Author About the Reviewer www.PacktPub.com Why subscribe? Customer Feedback Preface What this book covers What you need for this book Who this book is for Conventions Reader feedback Customer support Downloading the example code Downloading the color images of this book Errata Piracy Questions 1. A Smarter Way of Working with WPF What is MVVM and how does it help? Models View Models Views Data binding So how does MVVM help? Is there a downside? Debunking the myth about code behind Learning how to communicate again Introducing the ICommand interface Handling events in Attached Properties Making use of delegates Structuring the application code base Summary 2. Debugging WPF Applications Utilizing the Output window Putting Presentation Trace Sources to work Discovering inner exceptions Debugging data bound values Outputting values to UI controls Catching changing Dependency Property values Exploiting converters Summary 3. Writing Custom Application Frameworks What is an application framework? Encapsulating common functionality In base classes Through interfaces With Extension methods In UI controls With converters Constructing a custom application framework Separating the Data Access Layer Providing services Implementing Dependency Injection Connecting Views with View Models Summary 4. Becoming Proficient with Data Binding Data binding basics Binding path syntax Escaping invalid characters Exploring the Binding class Directing data bound traffic Binding to different sources Binding with priority Binding from within control templates Binding source changes Converting data bound values Binding multiple sources to a single target property Dependency Properties Setting metadata Declaring read-only Dependency Properties Registering Attached Properties Prioritizing value setting sources Data templates Taking complete control Displaying hierarchical data Data binding to enumeration collections Summ