Using CSLA 4: Windows Phone ebook available

RockfordLhotka posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2012

I am pleased to announce that the Using CSLA 4: Windows Phone ebook is now available for purchase.

If you purchased the Using CSLA 4 ebook series you already own the book, and can download it now.

This ebook (in PDF format) demonstrates how to create a Windows Phone 7 (WP7) application that uses a business layer created using CSLA 4. This ebook also demonstrates the use of the MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) design pattern in a way that is very complementary to the capabilities provided by CSLA .NET business objects, resulting in an application that is easy to build and maintain with clear separation of concerns between the XAML-based view, the interface control code in the viewmodel and the model composed of CSLA-based business objects. This ebook also makes use of the open-source Bxf MVVM UI framework.

The ebook includes a sample application demonstrating the concepts and techniques discussed in the book.

Here’s the high level content outline:

1. Introduction
2. Windows Phone
   1. About Silverlight
   2. Windows Phone Application Model
   3. Silverlight Navigation
   4. ApplicationBar Control
   5. Overview of XAML
3. MVVM Design Pattern and CSLA 4
   1. MVVM Design Pattern overview
   2. Bxf MVVM Framework
   3. Main Shell Implementation
   4. CSLA .NET Windows Phone features
4. Business and Data Access Layers
   1. Responsibility-driven design
   2. Domain overview and implementation
5. Application Implementation
   1. Windows Phone project setup
   2. Main shell implementation
   3. User scenarios