WPF Tutorial part 2

[RudolfJan]

The second part of the WPF tutorial will cover this:

• How to add and use a menu
• How to add and use a dialog form, including using a WindowManager
• A link from the documentation index
• Created source code will be made available in the examples section of the Caliburn.Micro github

[RudolfJan]

I have a question for this second part of the tutorial. For NotifyOfPropertyChange, I introduced two ways of supplying it with the parameter:

NotifyOfPropertyChange("ModName");
NotifyOfPropertyChange(() => ModName);

I used to prefer the second one. But I recently found a third way to do it:

NotifyOfPropertyChange(nameof(ModName));
Since this is part of the C# language (starting with version 6.0) I think this method could be preferred. If, so I will change it in the tutorial. Please let me know your opinion.

[Aixtreme-Agile]

I don't use any parameter if I use NotifyOfPropertyChange() in Setter of property ModName.
(Very seldom case in my experience till now) Outside of the setter I would prefer the second one NotifyOfPropertyChange(()=>ModName), because it does not involve any hardcoded literals and it looks elegant :-)

[Yinimi]

Hi, it's a cool idea to create a tutorial how to build up a new project.
I have a few recommendations / questions to improve it further:

1. You could use Set() as it allows you to write it as oneliner.

public string UserName
{
    get => _userName;
    set => Set(ref _userName, value);
}

2. Two or three images look broken for me:
   

3. MEF is not an IoC container, it's purpose is to load assemblies dynamicly for loose coupling.
   Maybe it would be better to use the integrated SimpleContainer instead.

[KasperSK]

I think @Yinimi is right it is a god idea to use Set().