通过C＃插入XAML元素

Question

I'm just starting with Universal Windows Platform and actually C# as well (I've got a C background) and just trying to get my feet wet with a basic accounting app meant to keep track of a checkbook. The way it works is simple, the user either presses + or - buttons and specifies the name of the transaction and the amount either credited or debited, hits ok and that transaction is inserted as a row.

So it would look something like this

Gas       ($20)  1/5/17   _delete_button_
Paycheck   $2400 1/3/17   _delete_button_

Total      $2380

....

So each row has 2 editable text boxes (name and amount), one textfield for date, and one button to delete that row.

Now my first instinct as a C programmer is just to create a struct with those variables and every time user inserts a row just populate the struct and push it on a stack. However I just want to make sure that this is the best way to do this and I'm not missing some feature of XAML that would let me do this.

Answer 1

"Now my first instinct as a C programmer is just to create a struct with those variables and every time user inserts a row just populate the struct and push it on a stack. However I just want to make sure that this is the best way to do this and I'm not missing some feature of XAML that would let me do this."

This question is dangerously close to not meeting the requirements for a good question because it is too broad, but I will answer anyway due to remembering the pain I went through with XAML when new. Whether new or experienced (and I am at most in the "intermediate" category), it seems XAML has its bits that will always send you looking for help. But I digress.

The standard is to create your model, then somehow connect (or "bind") the appropriate parts of the model to your view.

You would use C# (actually can use VB or F# or others also) for your model. This is where you would create your "struct" you are referring to. This would define your individual transaction. Then, create a collection of these transactions, again in your model.

In XAML , you bind to this collection. You have a control (a visual element in your view) that displays all transactions. You have a control for specifying the name of a specific transaction, for selecting a transaction, for inserting, for deleting, etc. All of these controls interact with the model through the bindings.

So, to answer your question, yes you are missing a feature of XAML. It is called binding. Not to be sarcastic but unfortunately, binding is a technology worthy of months of study. Sorry, but you will want to go back to C with no UI at first. Keep at it! If you want to do the universal app thing, it is worth it. You may even find yourself liking (parts of) it.

Link to get thou started:

WPF and other XAML-related