Prism.Avalonia.Extensions

[DamianSuess]

This all started with #27 where a feature was introduced to ease the implementation and reduce copy/pasting code between projects.

Let's kick the can and discuss ideas of what could go into a Prism.Avalonia.Extensions package.

Suggestions

NotificationService

Add Avalonia's Notification Pop-ups to your application in just a few lines.

public void ShowPopup()
{
  _popup.Show("Title", "Message");
  _popup.Show("Title", "Message", () => { OnClickHandler(); });
}

Get() Set() property methods

Borrowing from an implementation from Dan Siegel, use property methods to help reduce code.

// Before -------
private string _userName;
public string UserName
{
  get => _userName;
  set => SetProperty(ref _userName, value);
}

// After ---------
public string UserName
{
  get => GetValue<string>();
  set => SetValue(value);
}

Autogenerated Properties

Use an attribute to auto-generate the code for OnPropertyChanged in properties that are used in MVVM. This would be similar to the ObservableProperty attribute (ref1, ref2.

// Before -------
private string _userName;
public string UserName
{
  get => _userName;
  set => SetProperty(ref _userName, value);
}

// After ---------
[NotifiableProperty]
public string UserName;

// or ----
[NotifiableProperty]
private string _userName;