Question

what are these? I am confused with the extra properties in “Binding”

{Binding Path=Customers, Source={StaticResource customerVM}, Mode=TwoWay}
{Binding Path=GetCustomersByNameCommand, Source={StaticResource customerVM}}
{Binding Path=Text, ElementName=tbName}
{Binding Path=DataContext, ElementName=LayoutRoot}
{Binding Path=TotalIncome, Mode=OneTime}

and more of those. What are those? I mean, where are they getting the Mode, Path, etc.. I don’t understand.

The only thing I can understand is

{Binding ProperyName}
{StaticResource Anythinghere}

Answer 1

Binding in XAML can be specified in many ways.

The simplest (shortcut) is

{Binding PropertyName}

This is equivalent to

{Binding Path=PropertyName}

This is equivalent to:

<Binding Path="PropertyName" />

Binding is actually a class with various properties such as Path, Source, Mode, etc.

More details on how to bind data in WPF can be found at : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163299.aspx#S2