XAML developers love the Model-View View-Model (MVVM) pattern. Kendo UI is a JavaScript framework that enables this pattern for web based applications. It takes the client side coding model developers are familiar with and provides it to the web world. This talk will define the MVVM pattern and the benefits of using it. It will also show how you can use Kendo UI and ASP.NET to build responsive, robust applications that feel like desktop applications. Lessons Learned: -MVVM Pattern -Kendo UI and why to use it -How to wire up Kendo UI and ASP.NET

1. 450 Lincoln Street
Suite 101
Denver, CO 80203
719.359.9692
www.aspenware.com
Building Web Applications
Using Kendo UI and the
MVVM Pattern
Ben Hoelting
@benhnet

2. Ben
Hoelting
In truth, he’s just a big kid. He loves designing systems
that solve real world problems. There is nothing more
satisfying than seeing something you helped develop
being used by the end users. Ben is also involved in the
technology community and runs the South Colorado .NET
user group. He also enjoys speaking at tech groups and
events around the country. Ben Hoelting
@benhnet
b.hoelting@aspenware.com

3. Agenda:
 Kendo UI/Telerik Overview
 ASP.NET MVC Overview
 MVVM Overview
 SPA Application Overview
 Building a Kendo UI MVVM SPA App
Demo code is located at
https://github.com/BenHNet/ScrumChores
Public

4. Kendo UI/Telerik Overview

5. Leading vendor of UI and developer productivity solutions
2002
founded
780
employees
130,000+
customers
1.1 million
developers

6. Plan Build Test Deliver
AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT DEVELOPER TOOLS QUALITY ASSURANCE TOOLS CMS PLATFORM
Four divisions covering key parts of the development lifecycle
The Telerik Portfolio (2013)
AJAX SL
WPF WIN
W8 WP
JC JM
JT JD
REP ORM
TeamPulse Test Studio Sitefinity
DevCraft
UI CONTROLS & COMPONENTS
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
DATA TOOLS
ASP.NET AJAX Silverlight
WPF WinForms
Windows 8 Windows Phone
JustCode JustMock
JustTrace JustDecompile
Reporting OpenAccess ORM

7. The Telerik Portfolio
Rebranded & Reorganized
New branding introduced in January 2014

10. UX Pattern Basic Concepts

11. Basic Pattern Terms
PAGE 11
 Model (Data TypesStructures)
 Data types and their properties
 Maybe some business logic
 View (UI)
 UI (HTML5, XAML)

12. ASP.NET MVC Overview

13. ASP.NET MVC Overview

14. MVVM Overview

15. Model
View
View Model
MVVM Overview
15

16. Single Page Application
(SPA) Overview

17. Server
Client
Web API
UI (HTML and CSS)
JavaScript Files (Navigation and View Models)
SPA Overview
Business Logic
Data Layer
AJAX/JSON

18. Building a Kendo UI MVVM
SPA App

19. Key Takeaways
SPA & MVVM are an
Alternative to MVC
SPA Applications
take MVVM Client
Side
Kendo is a SPA &
MVVM Enabler
MVVM shines when
used with data
binding
frameworks. In
the past this did
not work well with
web based
applications.
Singe Page
Applications use
View Models to
databind on the
client. Only JSON
travels between the
client and server.
Better, Stronger,
Faster.
Coupled with new
HTML attributes
Kendo UI enables
these patterns by
providing
navigation, routing,
data binding,
templating and
observable objects
to web based
technologies.

20. Resources:
 http://www.asp.net/mvc
 http://www.telerik.com/kendo-ui
 http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/introduction
 http://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/web/mvvm/index.html
 http://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/web/spa/index.html
 http://jqueryuivskendoui.com/

21. 450 Lincoln Street
Suite 101
Denver, CO 80203
719.359.9692
www.aspenware.com
Building Web Applications
Using Kendo UI and the
MVVM Pattern
Ben Hoelting
@benhnet