Last Friday I had the pleasure to hold a training session for a really nice customer at the Hyvinkää.
I promised to share links related to the agenda for additional reading and the easiest way was to do this blog post, which other readers may find useful as well. Enjoy!
WPF, MVVM, Windows 7
- Must read for anyone interested in MVVM: WPF Apps With The Model-View-ViewModel Design Pattern (by Josh Smith)
- Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) Explained (by Jeremy Likness)
- Using ICommand – Silverlight 4
- This post contains a great sample solution with a basic WPF –project, a MVVM –project and a MVVM-project with Prism. (by Karl Shifflett)
- MVC vs. MVP vs. MVVM - Good comparison of the patterns (by Niraj Bhatt)
- GalaSoft - MVVM Light Toolkit
- More popular MVVM-links from delicious.com
- Windows 7 Training Kit for Developers –download – This Training Kit is a good resource for getting started with Windows 7 –specific features.
- Microsoft Ribbon for WPF –download
- Introducing Microsoft Ribbon for WPF (by WPF Team Blog)
Entity Framework, Code First
- Entity Framework Feature CTP4-download (required for the “Code First” –feature)
- EF Feature CTP4 Walkthrough: Code First (ADO.NET Team Blog)
- Code-First Development with Entity Framework 4 (by Scott Guthrie)
- Using EF “Code First” with an Existing Database (by Scott Guthrie)
- What I’m loving about the newest iteration of EF Code First in CTP4 (by Julie Lerman)
- Repository-pattern (by Martin Fowler)
Windows Phone 7 & XNA 4.0
- Windows Phone –developer site (Links to tools etc.)
- UI Design and Interaction Guide for Windows Phone 7
- Windows Phone Guidance Catalog –Useful tips for common needs
- Code Samples for Windows Phone
- XNA Creators Club –Good starting place and community for learning game development for Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360 and Windows
