Implementing the View

Abstract

The main objective of following the MVVM design pattern is to provide separation between what an application looks like (the user interface look and feel), and how the application acts on user actions (implementing the business logic and integrating with the data source). After creating a blank XAML Windows 8 application in Chapter 1 , we need to define the presentation layer of the FinanceHub application. The View represents the definition of the applications’ user interface in MVVM design pattern. This chapter will focus on how the application looks, so we will be mainly focusing on the following points with minimal focus on the code-behind:

• Defining application deployment package and runtime configuration properties

• Defining the resources to drive styles and themes of the application

• Developing application user interface (the view) using XAML