WPF MVVM Pattern - References

Question

Hi everyone

I wanted to know if some of you guys can post some articles, blog posts etc. that explain the MVVM Pattern in detail. There are not much explainations out there I think ( except Tutorials). I'm going to write my exam about WPF and also want to build in the MVVM Pattern. So I need some good references that are also digging a little deeper.

I think I already have read a lot of texts about MVVM, but maybe you guys got some I didn't read yet.

Would really appreciate if you would share your links to good and worth reading articles and explanations

EDIT : Thanks for the good answers ! Already knew some of the links but also found some new ones :). Voted for everyone of you

Answer 1

I tried to explain the basic concepts in detail in my series on MVVM. I felt the same frustration - most MVVM articles show you how to make it work, but do not explain why WPF is uniquely suited to it. I tried to build up from the required basics in WPF (binding, commanding, templating, etc) to show how that enables MVVM to work, and why it's good.

Answer 2

Two starting points:

• the Codeplex page on MVVM
• Sacha Barbers Cinch project on CodeProject.

Answer 3

There is a very well put tutorial on MSDN: MVVM on MSDN

Also, Josh Smith's (author of above tutorial) blog is good to check if you need more details on MVVM: Josh Smith on WPF

And perhaps WPF Disciples for even more resources: WPF Disciples

Answer 4

You can take a look at this one (my own take at MVVM for ERP-systems) - a bit complex logic, but the sum of about one and a half years of experience with MVVM:

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10

Answer 5

This post is also having some good links for learning MVVM -

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/llobo/archive/2009/12/24/mvvm-links-info.aspx

Answer 6

Here´s a good video where Jason Dollinger builds a small WPF application based on MVVM. I found it very useful.

Answer 7

Yet another article about the Model-View-ViewModel Pattern.