You're reading from The MVVM Pattern in .NET MAUI The definitive guide to essential patterns, best practices, and techniques for cross-platform app development

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781805125006

Length 386 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Pieter Nijs

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Key Concepts and Components

2. Chapter 1: What Is the MVVM Design Pattern? FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: What is .NET MAUI?

4. Chapter 3: Data Binding Building Blocks in .NET MAUI

5. Chapter 4: Data Binding in .NET MAUI

6. Chapter 5: Community Toolkits

7. Chapter 6: Working with Collections

8. Part 2: Building a .NET MAUI App Using MVVM

9. Chapter 7: Dependency Injection, Services, and Messaging

10. Chapter 8: Navigation in MVVM

11. Chapter 9: Handling User Input and Validation

12. Chapter 10: Working with Remote Data

13. Part 3: Mastering MVVM Development

14. Chapter 11: Creating MVVM-Friendly Controls

15. Chapter 12: Localization with MVVM

16. Chapter 13: Unit Testing

17. Chapter 14: Troubleshooting and Debugging Tips

18. Index

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As mentioned earlier, there are numerous MVVM frameworks available, each with its unique characteristics and advantages. Throughout this chapter, we’ve explored the MVVM Toolkit and .NET MAUI Community Toolkit. These toolkits, being community-driven and highly accessible, offer a variety of useful tools to simplify your MVVM code.

However, the landscape of MVVM frameworks is vast, so it might be worth seeing what other frameworks can provide. Here’s a list of some of the most popular third-party MVVM frameworks that are compatible with .NET MAUI:

ReactiveUI: https://www.reactiveui.net/
Prism Library: https://prismlibrary.com/
TinyMvvm: https://github.com/dhindrik/TinyMvvm
FreshMvvm: https://github.com/XAM-Consulting/FreshMvvm.Maui

Whether you are seeking a simple toolkit for the basics or a comprehensive framework with advanced capabilities, you will soon discover a framework that would best suit your specific needs...