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MvvmKit Framework and Toolkit

Preface

MvvmKit is a strongly opinionated MVVM Framework and toolkit that helps to build advanced WPF applications. The framework is based on the following principles:

• View Model First MVVM
• Unidirectional Binding from the view model to the view
• Design time data and "Blendability"
• "Lazy" loading of hidden view models
• Task Based Asynchronous model services
• Region Based Navigation
• IoC and Dependency Injection using Unity

Additional Packages

The framework relies on several utility packages. It also provides some of them to the developer:

• Disposables Package: A package that provides classes that help create IDisposable implementations for various use cases
• Weak Package: A package the contains several weak delegate classes. A weak delegate is a delegate that uses WeakReference to point to the target object, so the target may be garbage collected. This helps to avoid common memory leaks causes by using delegates
• Indexers Package: A package that contains classes that make it easy to create indexed properties
• Data Structures Package: A package that contains several high level data structures
• Async Package: A package that provides enhacments to TPL mostly oriented around the ability to create asynchronous services for MVVM
• IoC Package: A package that provides wrappers and helpers for using unity as IoC container
• Mvvm Framework: The main purpose of this kit, the mvvm base classes and utilities that allow to create responsive and well designed WPF Applications.