Project Description

Cocoon is a framework to support the development of .Net Windows 8 Metro-style applications, in particular those that link to web services. It simplifies accessing, displaying and editing data using standard Metro controls, and allows easy application of the MVVM pattern.

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Current Features

• A navigation framework with,
  • Attribute based page and view model discovery using MEF
  • Automatic creation and wiring up of page and view model
  • Passing of parameters to view models upon activation
  • Persistence of navigation and state upon application suspension

• A data framework with,
  • Support for observable collections and data virtualization
  • An extensible framework for the retrieval, processing and display of data from the cloud

Documentation

• Introduction
• Base Types
  • ObservableVector<T>
  • VirtualizingVector<T>
• Cocoon Navigation Framework
  • Defining pages and view models
  • More to follow...
• Cocoon Data Framework (IDataListSource<T> and data lists)
  • Introduction
  • Example Code
  • SimpleDataListSource<T>
  • PagedDataListSource<T>
  • VirtualizingDataList<T>