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Start your review of Developer�s Guide to Microsoft Prism 4: Building Modular MVVM Applications with Windows Presentation Foundation and Microsoft Silverlight

Oct 03, 2012 Ben Rand rated it did not like it

I only give 5 stars to books that I find REALLY exceptional, and I hardly ever give books 1 star. But this was just awful as far as programming books go. Not very readable at all. Perhaps it will be useful as a reference down the road. Unfortunately, I feel more confused about Prism after having read this. Uggh.

Jun 02, 2011 Dave Farley rated it really liked it

As Microsoft books go, I found this to be one of their better software books. The examples were straight forward, and I feel that I have a real handle on Prism 4. I downloaded the free PDF, but the book is also available to be viewed on line. My company has decided to go to the MVVM format. I do see some of advantages for programming this way, but I still not connivence that the complexity of the model is really needed. One of the problems that I have with the module is there are still issue wit As Microsoft books go, I found this to be one of their better software books. The examples were straight forward, and I feel that I have a real handle on Prism 4. I downloaded the free PDF, but the book is also available to be viewed on line. My company has decided to go to the MVVM format. I do see some of advantages for programming this way, but I still not connivence that the complexity of the model is really needed. One of the problems that I have with the module is there are still issue with the UI event controls where nested controls like a tab page won't refresh when another control is selected and when it is is reselected. I have a image which goes away, and the only way that I can get it back is to refresh its resources. I don't like how the WPF for crystal reports seems to be flakey on some of the report refresh. As with Microsoft, I sure that service pack II will fix this down the road. Overall, I am liking what I see. ...more

My giving this one the benefit of the doubt - with 2 stars

The book is a good reference for Prism - i had issues with the design choices of the framework itself.

My giving this one the benefit of the doubt - with 2 stars

The book is a good reference for Prism - i had issues with the design choices of the framework itself.

I found the framework from MS to be "untestable" and hence "to be avoided". The application is composed only by showing the GUI - View first. There are a bunch of free / open alternatives than following this one. Our company went all in on this one.. the GUIs could only be tested by record-replay kind of tools. Developer productivity - nothing to write home about. Lot of stuff happens under the hood - crashes though not frequent are a pain to solve. Not a good ride... definitely would not recommend.

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May 05, 2011 Vasili Puchko rated it it was amazing

Good and solid introduction into Prism framework. It describes how to work with Prism and shows with samples (samples are basic but quite good) possible ways to split functionality into modules and organize navigation and interaction between them. I recommend this guide to all WPF developers who works on large and complex applications.