I like to think of it this way: Views, as you say, are dumb. Josh Smith, writer of the seminal and often linked MSDN article on MVVM, has said that views are “the clothes that data wears.” Views never actually contain data or directly manipulate it, they are just bound to properties and commands of … Read more
Knockout now supports multiple model binding. The ko.applyBindings() method takes an optional parameter – the element and its descendants to which the binding will be activated. For example: ko.applyBindings(myViewModel, document.getElementById(‘someElementId’)) This restricts the activation to the element with ID someElementId and its descendants. See documentation for more details.
Suppose you use .NetFramework4: First add namespace: xmlns:cmd=”clr-namespace:GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Command;assembly=GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Platform” Syntax for the Loaded event. <i:Interaction.Triggers> <i:EventTrigger EventName=”Loaded”> <cmd:EventToCommand Command=”{Binding Mode=OneWay, Path=LoadedCommand}” PassEventArgsToCommand=”True” /> </i:EventTrigger> </i:Interaction.Triggers>
Jesse Liberty of Microsoft has a great concrete walk through on how to make use of the messaging within MVVM Light. The premise is to create a class which will act as your message type, subscribe, then publish. public class GoToPageMessage { public string PageName { get; set; } } This will essentially send the … Read more