Quick Start

Quick Start

Want to get up and running as quickly as possible? This is the right place!

First, you'll need a root View and a ViewModel. The View has to be a Window, but there are no other restrictions.

<Window x:Class="Stylet.Samples.Hello.RootView"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Height="300" Width="300">
    <TextBlock>Hello, World</TextBlock>
</Window>

The ViewModel can be any old class (for now - you might want it to be a Screen or Conductor, discussed elsewhere).

class RootViewModel
{
}

Next, you'll need a bootstrapper. For now, you don't need anything special - just something to identify your root ViewModel.

class Bootstrapper : Bootstrapper<RootViewModel>
{
}

Finally, this needs to be referenced as a resource in your App.xaml. Add the following. You'll also need to remove the StartupUri attribute, like this:

<Application x:Class="Stylet.Samples.Hello.App"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Stylet.Samples.Hello">
    <Application.Resources>
        <ResourceDictionary>
            <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
                <ResourceDictionary>
                    <local:Bootstrapper x:Key="bootstrapper"/>
                </ResourceDictionary>
            </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        </ResourceDictionary>
    </Application.Resources>
</Application>

That's it! Run that, and you should get a window with 'Hello World' in it.