Ganymede

Ganymede is an app-template using common MVVM-frameworks. It includes helpers for navigation, base ViewModel classes, custom dialog services and common entry points. You just need to provide your actual ViewModels and views, not having to worry about implementing auxiliary UI services for them.

Releases

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Latest public release:
Latest development release:

Package Manager

Install-Package TheXDS.Ganymede

.NET CLI

dotnet add package TheXDS.Ganymede

Paket CLI

paket add TheXDS.Ganymede

Package reference

<PackageReference Include="TheXDS.Ganymede" Version="1.0.0" />

Building

Ganymede can be built on any platform or CI environment supported by dotnet.

Prerequisites

• .Net SDK 8.0.

Build Ganymede

dotnet build ./src/Ganymede.sln

The resulting binaries will be in the ./Build/bin directory.

Usage

Ganymede provides a few library implementations to build apps on different frameworks. As of now, a library for WPF has been implemented in an experimental state, one for Avalonia UI is in very early stages of development and other UI frameworks are under consideration.

Usage (With WPF bindings)

To use the WPF implementation of Ganymede, you can install the TheXDS.Ganymede.Wpf NuGet package.

TL;DR for WPF

• Create a new .NET 8 WPF project. Make sure that the project targets at least net8.0-windows10.0.19041
• Install TheXDS.Ganymede.Wpf on the project.
• On App.xaml.cs:

  using System.Windows;
  using TheXDS.Ganymede.Helpers;
  using TheXDS.Ganymede.Services;
  
  namespace WpfApp1;
  
  public partial class App : Application
  {
      public App()
      {
          UiThread.SetProxy(new DispatcherUiThreadProxy());
      }
  }

• On MainWindow.xaml:

  <Window
      x:Class="WpfApp1.MainWindow"
      xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
      xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
      xmlns:gn="http://schemas.thexds.local/ganymede"
      xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApp1"
      Width="500" Height="400" >
      <gn:NavigationHost
          DialogService="{gn:WpfNavDialogService}"
          Navigator="{gn:NavService Home={x:Type local:TestViewModel}}"
          VisualResolver="{gn:ConventionResolver}"/>
  </Window>

• On TestViewModel.cs (new file):

  using System.Windows.Input;
  using TheXDS.Ganymede.Helpers;
  using TheXDS.Ganymede.Types.Base;
  
  namespace WpfApp1;
  
  public class TestViewModel : ViewModel
  {
      public ICommand HelloCommand { get; }
  
      public TestViewModel()
      {
          var cb = CommandBuilder.For(this);
          HelloCommand = cb.BuildSimple(OnHello);
      }
  
      private async Task OnHello()
      {
          await DialogService.Message("Hello!", "This is a dialog message");
      }
  }

• On TestView.xaml (new user control):

  <UserControl
      x:Class="WpfApp1.TestView"
      xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
      xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
      xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" 
      xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" 
      mc:Ignorable="d"
      d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance Type=local:TestViewModel}"
      xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApp1">
      <Button
          Command="{Binding HelloCommand, Mode=OneWay}"
          Content="Click me"
          Width="120" Height="30"/>
  </UserControl>

Contribute

If Ganymede is useful to you, or if you're interested in donating to sponsor the project, feel free to to a donation via PayPal, BuyMeACoffee or just contact me directly.

Sadly, I cannot offer other means of sending donations as of right now due to my country (Honduras) not being supported by almost any platform.