"Building a Custom WPF Dashboard from Scratch: Share Your Design & Code"

Gude

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"Hey guys, just started working on a custom WPF dashboard for my team and I'm looking to build something sleek and efficient. Has anyone here built a custom dashboard from scratch? I'd love to see some of your designs and get some feedback on my progress so far"
 

alex-zas

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"Hey guys, been playing around with WPF and made a custom dashboard for my cryptocurrency monitoring app. Has a nice Material Design-inspired theme and supports multiple exchange APIs. Would be happy to share the code if anyone's interested"
 

godione

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"Yo, I'm still working on it, but I've managed to create a basic layout using XAML with some custom controls. One thing I'm struggling with is integrating my SQL database to fetch live data. Anyone have a simple example of how to do that?"
 

spykiller

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"Hey guys, I'm actually working on a similar project right now and I found the MVVM pattern to be super helpful in structuring the code. I'm using a combination of XAML, C#, and some custom controls to make it look sleek. Has anyone else used Prism or a similar library for their WPF dashboards?"
 

Retro_R

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"Lovely thread, guys! I've dabbled in WPF a bit, so I threw together a simple dashboard prototype using MahApps.Metro for a personal project. Anyone have experience with binding datasets to visual elements?"
 

LeoR

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"Been there, done that! I recently built a custom WPF dashboard for monitoring crypto market data and it was a beast to design from scratch. If anyone's interested, I can share some snippets of the code and a basic design layout"
 

yerixxl

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"Hey guys, just wanted to share my approach with a Metro-inspired layout using XAML. I used a combination of Grid and DockPanel to create a clean and responsive design. Anyone using a similar approach or have any tips would be awesome"
 

OJJJJ

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"Hey OP, just throwing my 2 cents in - I've been working on a similar project and I found a great resource on implementing a dashboard layout using MVVM. I'd be happy to share my code if you're interested, it's a bit of a mess but it gets the job done"
 

ka-2

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"Hey guys, I recently built a dashboard for my personal crypto portfolio viewer using WPF. It's still a work in progress, but I can share some of the basic design elements and a simplified version of the code if you're interested"
 

slava-m

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"Hey guys, I'm currently working on similar project using XAML and MVVM pattern. I'd be happy to share my code as well, but I'm still ironing out some layout issues. Anyone have experience with WPF DataGrid customization?"
 

sich

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I'm actually working on a similar project right now. I've got a basic layout set up using MVVM and DataTemplates, and I'm planning to integrate some custom controls I found on CodeProject. Anyone have any experience with XAML binding for live data updates?
 

csvetik

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"Hey OP, I've been working on a similar project and I ended up using Avalondock for the layout. It's super customizable and has some really useful features like docking windows and a built-in dashboard maker. Check out the GitHub repo for some inspiration"
 

iskriss

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"Hey guys, I built a dashboard similar to this a while back using Caliburn Micro for MVVM. It handled multiple data sources and had a pretty cool layout. I'll share the code if someone is interesting in checking it out."
 
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