This is the first in a series on advanced data binding. In this series we will look at: using value converters with binding, relative binding, the {Binding .} and {Binding self} constructs, and more.
We hope to release one of these every week or two.
Getting Started
We will be posting Part 0 shortly.
Samples
For each topic we discuss, we will provide a simple sample (as simple as possible but no simpler) which we’ll put up on Github and we’ll provide the URL in the blog post. We will walk through that sample to eliminate any confusion and to drive home what we’ve said about the topic.
Some of the samples we’ll make up for this series, others we’ll steal from the Microsoft documents. Which reminds me, why would you read this instead of the official documents? The answer, for me, is that the Microsoft documents are very thorough, but sometimes that can be overwhelming. Most important, however is that triangulating from multiple sources can help zero in on a full understanding.
Topic #1: Paths
The use of the path keyword is a good, intermediate place to start. It can be used in a number of ways. The most frequent is either to point to a property of an object held in a resource, or to point to a property of a property.
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