Where do I put my validation code? On the view models you should validate everything that’s specific to the application like for example the date should be in en-US format culture, …. I need to add code to map between business objects and view models. That’s why there are tools such as AutoMapper. Different problems … Read more
Essentially Model and View Model are both simple classes with attributes. The main objective of these classes are to describe (to “Model”) an object for their respective audiences that are respectively the controller and the view. So you are completely right when you say To my understanding, it’s a kind of Model that has a … Read more
From Jimmy Bogard: CreateMap<Foo, Bar>().ForMember(x => x.Blarg, opt => opt.Ignore()); It’s in one of the comments at his blog. UPDATE(from Jamie’s comment Jan 4 ’19 at 11:11:) Ignore has been replaced with DoNotValidate in ForSourceMember: https://github.com/AutoMapper/AutoMapper/blob/master/docs/8.0-Upgrade-Guide.md
The delegate method used in this and the linked answer can be used in any parent-child relationship and in either direction. That includes from a child view model to a parent view model, a Window code behind to the code behind of a child Window, or even pure data relationships without any UI involved. You … Read more
Assuming you have the following models: public abstract class TableInputModel { } public class RectangleTableInputModel : TableInputModel { public string Foo { get; set; } } public class CircleTableInputModel : TableInputModel { public string Bar { get; set; } } And the following controller: public class HomeController : Controller { public ActionResult Index() { var … Read more
<Grid > <Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <ColumnDefinition Width=”*”/> </Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <Button Command=”{Binding ClickCommand}” Width=”100″ Height=”100″ Content=”wefwfwef”/> </Grid> the code behind for the window: public partial class MainWindow : Window { public MainWindow() { InitializeComponent(); DataContext = new ViewModelBase(); } } The ViewModel: public class ViewModelBase { private ICommand _clickCommand; public ICommand ClickCommand { get { return _clickCommand ?? (_clickCommand … Read more
Create a parent view model that contains both models. public class MainPageModel{ public Model1 Model1{get; set;} public Model2 Model2{get; set;} } This way you can add additional models at a later date with very minimum effort.
You can look at using the jquery globalize or add the following to your script (assuming of course that the server culture date format is ‘dd/MM/yyy’) $.validator.addMethod(‘date’, function (value, element) { if (this.optional(element)) { return true; } var valid = true; try { $.datepicker.parseDate(‘dd/mm/yy’, value); } catch (err) { valid = false; } return valid; … Read more
A view model represents the data that you want to display on your view/page, whether it be used for static text or for input values (like textboxes and dropdown lists) that can be added to the database (or edited). It is something different than your domain model. It is a model for the view. Let … Read more