Is there a difference between the standard "Model View Controller" pattern and Microsoft's Model/View/ViewModel pattern?

Trying to grasp the concepts of MVVM, I have already read several blogs and looked at a few projects. From what I understand, a View is dumb, it just knows how to present something that is passed ...

For something released a little more recently (last month), take a look at Rainer Stropek's video series MVVM in WPF and Silverlight He flies right through it, but does an extremely good job of going from …

MVVM – Model View View Model So with the MVC and MVP patterns in front of us, let’s look at the MVVM pattern and see what differences it holds: The input begins with the View, not the View Model. …

Apr 16, 2010 · MVVM guides us how to distribute responsibilities between classes in a GUI application. ViewModel projects the data from the Model into a format that fits the View.

I am currently working with the Microsoft MVVM template and find the lack of detailed examples frustrating. The included ContactBook example shows very little Command handling and the only …

Why we go for MVVM over MVC or MVP while dealing with WPF? What extra benefit we get by using this? Edit: To be honest , today I had an interview and I have been asked this question. I answered ...

MVVM originated from Microsoft as a specialization of the Presentation Model design pattern introduced by Martin Fowler. Other alternatives: Android-Binding, Bindroid and MvvmCross.

I have a WPF application with multiple views. I want to switch from view 1 to view 2 and from there I can switch to multiple views. So I want a button on view 1 that loads view2 in the same window....

Oct 20, 2009 · MVVM was designed mainly because of XAML and to make data binding even simpler, it's very similar to MVP. The main benefits are simpler way of manipulating the user interface (the …