My favorite part of programming in WPF is the ease with which we compartmentalize the application components. Every Page or UserControl of course has a markup and a code-behind file, but if you are serious about architectural patterns like I am, then you also have a ViewModel and probably a related resource file as well.
I prefer to keep my markup files clean, defining visual attributes in a separate resource file. In doing so, adding or removing elements later, or altering visual properties is done more quickly and with more flexibility...all while providing the serenity that comes with S.O.C. (Separation of concerns).
Especially when dealing with themes and skinnability, the power of DynamicResource is a priceless commodity that in my opinion should never be limited arbitrarily. Dynamic Resources compliment the performance benefits of the M-V-V-M model by not front-loading the resource cache, and they are what makes dynamic skinnability so practical and appealing in the WPF Framework.
Whether your styles are defined in the local file markup or a merged resource dictionary, there are some inherent limitations to stylization that can quite easily be overcome. Take for instance RowDefinitions andColumnDefinitions...you can be diligent about parsing out the visual attributes of your UserControl, but ultimately you are forced to define these in your markup file, and unless you modify it in managed code at runtime, these values are inevitably STATIC. Not very frindly to a skinnable interface, is it?
I prefer to keep my markup files clean, defining visual attributes in a separate resource file. In doing so, adding or removing elements later, or altering visual properties is done more quickly and with more flexibility...all while providing the serenity that comes with S.O.C. (Separation of concerns).
Especially when dealing with themes and skinnability, the power of DynamicResource is a priceless commodity that in my opinion should never be limited arbitrarily. Dynamic Resources compliment the performance benefits of the M-V-V-M model by not front-loading the resource cache, and they are what makes dynamic skinnability so practical and appealing in the WPF Framework.
Whether your styles are defined in the local file markup or a merged resource dictionary, there are some inherent limitations to stylization that can quite easily be overcome. Take for instance RowDefinitions andColumnDefinitions...you can be diligent about parsing out the visual attributes of your UserControl, but ultimately you are forced to define these in your markup file, and unless you modify it in managed code at runtime, these values are inevitably STATIC. Not very frindly to a skinnable interface, is it?
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