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Asked: 2026-05-23T12:58:52+00:00

Recently i got explained that MVVM can only be done the right way if

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Recently i got explained that MVVM can only be done “the right way” if i use DataTemplates. Is this truely the case?

I’d say its a good idea to use DataTemplates if you want highly reusable “Views”.

But if i am going to develop an application that has, say, five to ten different pages, and there is very little to none reuse of specific controls (like the “Person” view is only used once, and its highly likely that this requirement doenst change), why cant i simply create a usercontrol and put that directly into the code?

Am i missing some important core principle of MVVM here?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Main selling point of MVVM is separation of View from the ViewModel (so that VM doesnt know about View) by using powerful Binding feature of WPF.

    DataTemplates are a just another feature which allows you to represent data in different way. As you have said, if you dont have reusable DataTemplate then dont create one, even if you do make sure it resides in the View’s Resources, you can share it wider group if you wanted do.

    using UserControl can be useful where you need to do something extra (apart from simple representing data), for example, some complex validation or extra commands/buttons

    I dont think MVVM and DataTemplates are related in the same context.

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