Best WPF open source projects

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I have programmed with WPF for more than a year. When I started there weren't so many examples and guidelines to follow, now the situation is much more better.

I would like to ask you some help in listing the best WPF (open) source code examples or projects that you suggest to study in order to learn more about project structure, best practices, etc.

Thank you, Marco

wpf itself is open source now.https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2018/12/04/announcing-open-source-of-wpf-windows-forms-and-winui-at-microsoft-connect-2018/ — Lei Yang, Dec 05 '18 at 12:32
Lei Yang is correct, as of now, WPF is now open source (see https://github.com/dotnet/wpf ) — RashadRivera, Jul 06 '20 at 12:47

score 23 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 16 '09 at 08:20

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If for you it is enough to have the source available (but not really open regarding the license) I still consider very useful FamilyShow (http://www.vertigo.com/FamilyShow.aspx) and Prism (http://www.codeplex.com/CompositeWPF) for an approach at a different "scale".

answered Jan 16 '09 at 08:20

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thanks a lot for the FamilyShow link, it seems really interesting – Drake Jan 16 '09 at 08:27

score 8 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 27 '11 at 15:19

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Crack.NET and Prism come to mind.

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answered Jan 16 '09 at 08:20

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score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 31 '10 at 11:55

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You might be interested in the sample applications of the WPF Application Framework (WAF). They show:

View composition
UI Workflow (Wizards)
Command binding / Shortcut Keys
MVVM pattern, Unit Testing
Validation
Entity Framework
Open/Save FileDialog
Print Preview / Print Dialog
Localization

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do you think this waf is suitable for data-centric-game development? for example some sport manager without animations? – Zavael Nov 23 '12 at 09:28

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 20 '09 at 16:41

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Although I haven't looked at it much myself, I've heard really good things about Caliburn It's an open source framework to help you build applications in SL and WPF using best practices and patterns such as MVC and MVVM.

answered Nov 20 '09 at 16:41

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score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 20 '09 at 14:51

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Still not really "open", but very interesting
MSDN Reader http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/msdnreader

answered Jan 20 '09 at 14:51

Fabrizio C.

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score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Sep 06 '12 at 18:08

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Couple more from codeplex:

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Best WPF open source projects

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