MVVM Light V3 released at #MIX10

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During my session “Understanding the MVVM pattern” at MIX10 in Vegas, I showed some components of the MVVM Light toolkit V3, which gave me the occasion to announce the release of version 3. This version has been in alpha stage for a while, and has been tested by many users. it is very stable, and ready for a release. So here we go!

What’s new

What’s new in MVVM Light Toolkit V3 is the topic of the next post.

Cleaning up

I would recommend cleaning up older versions before installing V3. I prepared a page explaining how to do that manually. Unfortunately I didn’t have time to create an automatic cleaner/installer, this is very high on my list but with the book and the conferences going on, it will take a little more time. Cleaning up is recommended because I changed the name of some DLLs to avoid some confusion (between the WPF3.5 and WPF4 version, as well as between the SL3 and SL4 versions). More details in the section titled “Compatibility”.

Installation

Installing MVVM Light toolkit is the manual process of unzipping a few files. The installation page has been updated to reflect the newest information.

Compatibility

MVVM Light toolkit V3 has components for the following environments and frameworks:

  • Visual Studio 2008:
    • Silverlight 3
    • Windows Presentation Foundation 3.5 SP1
  • Expression Blend 3
    • Silverlight 3
    • Windows Presentation Foundation 3.5 SP1
  • Visual Studio 2010 RC
    • Silverlight 3
    • Silverlight 4
    • Windows Presentation Foundation 3.5 SP1
    • Windows Presentation Foundation 4
    • Silverlight for Windows Phone 7 series
  • Expression Blend 4 beta
    • Silverlight 3
    • Silverlight 4
    • Windows Presentation Foundation 3.5 SP1
    • Windows Presentation Foundation 4

Feedback

As usual I welcome your constructive feedback. If you want the issue to be discussed in public, the best way is through the discussion page on the Codeplex site. if you wish to keep the conversation private, please check my Contact page for ways to talk to me.

Video, tutorials

There are a few new videos and tutorials available for the MVVM Light toolkit. The material is listed on the Get Started page, under “tutorials”.

 

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