Using MVVM Light with Your Xamarin Apps

ISBN-13: 9781484224748 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 200 str.

Paul Johnson

Opis

Learn the popular MVVM development framework with a focus on Xamarin.Forms. Clear examples are provided of the advantages of MVVM along with step-by-step demonstrations of how to create applications at different levels of complexity. Application development is covered for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone using mvvmlight and mvvmcross as the libraries.
The model-view-view-model (MVVM) pattern is valued by many developers as an excellent way to create sophisticated modern applications. Its clear separation of presentation and business logic produces a clean implementation that promotes speed, scalability, and code reuse in applications with a complex UI. These characteristics have long been highly valuable to WPF developers, and now that benefit is available to Xamarin developers, too.
What You'll Learn

• Set up and install MVVM
  
• Understand the advantages and disadvantages of MVVM
  
• Discover why inversion of control is important in MVVM
  
• Conduct unit testing of MVVM apps
  

Who This Book Is For

Experienced developers with knowledge of development using the Xamarin framework. Developers should have a working knowledge of .NET and be familiar with app development. It is expected that the user will know how to set up Xamarin Studio (or Visual Studio).

Spis treści

1: Installing MVVM Light

2: Your First MVVM Light Mobile App

3: Inversion of Control (IoC) & Messenging

4: Adding Functionality 

5: Converting Your Existing Apps

6: The Outside World

7: Unit Testing

8: Using Xamarin Forms

9: Rounding Things Off

 

O autorze

Paul Johnson is a mobile software developer. He has written code for many companies, including TfL, NHS, and FarmApps. Paul lives with his wife and daughter, along with a variety of pets. He loves to travel, with Australia as a favorite destination. He is an avid scuba diver. Paul has a love of retro computing, especially the old 8-bit home micros of the 1980s. 

Blurb

Learn how to use the popular MVVM Light development framework with a focus on reliable, maintainable code that can be deployed across any of the .NET-supported mobile platforms. Clear examples are provided of the advantages of the MVVM platform along with step-by-step demonstrations of how to create applications at different levels of complexity. Application development is covered for iOS, Android, and Windows phone (UWP) using MVVM Light as the central framework.

The model-view-view-model (MVVM) pattern is valued by many developers as an excellent way to create sophisticated modern applications. Its clear separation of presentation and business logic produces a clean implementation that promotes speed, scalability, and code reuse in applications with a complex UI. These characteristics have long been highly valued by WPF developers, and now that benefit is available to Xamarin developers, too.

What You'll Learn:

• Set up and install MVVM Light
• Understand the advantages and disadvantages of MVVM
• Discover why inversion of control is important in MVVM
• Conduct unit testing of MVVM apps
• Convert your existing apps to use MVVM
• Use MVVM Light within a Xamarin Forms app
• Use webservices
• Be introduced to the new .NET 2.0 Standard Class Library and how to use MVVM Light with it