Avalonia ViewModels with Zafiro

This skill provides a set of best practices and patterns for creating ViewModels, Wizards, and managing navigation in Avalonia applications, leveraging the power of ReactiveUI and the Zafiro toolkit.

Core Principles

1. Functional-Reactive Approach: Use ReactiveUI (

   ReactiveObject

   ,

   WhenAnyValue

   , etc.) to handle state and logic.
2. Enhanced Commands: Utilize

   IEnhancedCommand

   for better command management, including progress reporting and name/text attributes.
3. Wizard Pattern: Implement complex flows using

   SlimWizard

   and

   WizardBuilder

   for a declarative and maintainable approach.
4. Automatic Section Discovery: Use the

   [Section]

   attribute to register and discover UI sections automatically.
5. Clean Composition: map ViewModels to Views using

   DataTypeViewLocator

   and manage dependencies in the

   CompositionRoot

   .

Guides

• ViewModels & Commands: Creating robust ViewModels and handling commands.
• Wizards & Flows: Building multi-step wizards with

  SlimWizard

  .
• Navigation & Sections: Managing navigation and section-based UIs.
• Composition & Mapping: Best practices for View-ViewModel wiring and DI.

Example Reference

For real-world implementations, refer to the Angor project:

• CreateProjectFlowV2.cs

  : Excellent example of complex Wizard building.

• HomeViewModel.cs

  : Simple section ViewModel using functional-reactive commands.