This is a quick introduction for developers who don't have a lot of time to read all the docs. This document contains the absolute basics of what a developer needs to know.

Core

This pare contains the core functionality of Catel and what you should know when using Catel.

Catel properties

All properties in classes deriving from ModelBase (thus also ViewModelBase) require a special property definition.

Normally one would write something like this:

private string _firstName;
public string FirstName
{
	get { return _firstName; }
	set
	{
		RaisePropertyChanging("FirstName");
		_firstName = value;
		RaisePropertyChanged("FirstName");
	}
}

In Catel one should write this:

public string FirstName
{
    get { return GetValue< string>(FirstNameProperty); }
    set { SetValue(FirstNameProperty, value); }
}

public static readonly PropertyData FirstNameProperty = RegisterProperty("FirstName", typeof(string), null);

Catel will automatically take care of change notifications.

MVVM

This part is especially meant for the MVVM part.

Handling of viewmodels