Mostly layout work

App.xaml

@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-<Application xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation">
+<Application xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+             x:Class="PettingZoo.App"
+             Startup="ApplicationStartup">
   <Application.Resources>
+      <ResourceDictionary>
+            <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
+                <ResourceDictionary Source="Style.xaml" />
+            </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
+        </ResourceDictionary>
   </Application.Resources>
 </Application>

App.xaml.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,44 @@
-using System.Windows;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Windows;
+using PettingZoo.Model;
+using PettingZoo.View;
+using SimpleInjector;
 
 namespace PettingZoo
 {
     public partial class App : Application
     {
+        public void ApplicationStartup(object sender, StartupEventArgs e)
+        {
+            var container = Bootstrap();
+            RunApplication(container);            
+        }
+
+
+        private static Container Bootstrap()
+        {
+            var container = new Container();
+
+            container.Register<IConnectionFactory, RabbitMQClientConnectionFactory>();
+            container.Register<IConnectionInfoBuilder, WindowConnectionInfoBuilder>();
+
+            // Automatically register all Window and BaseViewModel descendants
+            foreach (var type in Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetExportedTypes()
+                .Where(t => t.IsSubclassOf(typeof(System.Windows.Window)) ||
+                            t.IsSubclassOf(typeof(Infrastructure.BaseViewModel))))
+            {
+                container.Register(type);
+            }
+
+            return container;
+        }
+
+
+        private static void RunApplication(Container container) 
+        {
+            var mainWindow = container.GetInstance<MainWindow>();
+            mainWindow.Show();
+        }
     }
 }

Infrastructure/GridLayout.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+
+namespace PettingZoo.Infrastructure
+{
+    // Source: http://daniel-albuschat.blogspot.nl/2011/07/gridlayout-for-wpf-escape-margin-hell.html
+
+    // The GridLayout is a special Panel that can be used exactly like the Grid Panel, except that it
+    // defines a new property ChildMargin. ChildMargin's left, top, right and bottom margins will be applied
+    // to all children in a way that the children will have a vertical space of ChildMargin.Top+ChildMargin.Bottom
+    // and a horizontal space of ChildMargin.Left+ChildMargin.Right between them.
+    // However, there is no margin for the borders of the internal widget, so that the GridLayout itself can be
+    // aligned to another element without a margin.
+    // It's best to have a look at TestWindow, which effectively tests all possible alignments of children.
+    public class GridLayout : Grid
+    {
+        public static readonly DependencyProperty ChildMarginProperty = DependencyProperty.Register(
+            "ChildMargin",
+            typeof (Thickness),
+            typeof (GridLayout),
+            new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(new Thickness(5))
+            {
+                AffectsArrange = true,
+                AffectsMeasure = true
+            });
+
+        // The child margin defines a margin that will be automatically applied to all children of this Grid.
+        // However, the children at the edges will have the respective margins remove. E.g. the leftmost children will have
+        // a Margin.Left of 0 and the children in the first row will have a Margin.Top of 0.
+        // The margins that are not set to 0 are set to half the ChildMargin's value, since it's neighbour will also apply it,
+        // effectively doubling it.
+
+        public Thickness ChildMargin
+        {
+            get { return (Thickness) GetValue(ChildMarginProperty); }
+            set
+            {
+                SetValue(ChildMarginProperty, value);
+                UpdateChildMargins();
+            }
+        }
+
+        // UpdateChildMargin first finds out what's the rightmost column and bottom row and then applies
+        // the correct margins to all children.
+
+        public void UpdateChildMargins()
+        {
+            int maxColumn = 0;
+            int maxRow = 0;
+            foreach (UIElement element in InternalChildren)
+            {
+                int row = GetRow(element);
+                int column = GetColumn(element);
+                if (row > maxRow)
+                    maxRow = row;
+                if (column > maxColumn)
+                    maxColumn = column;
+            }
+            foreach (UIElement element in InternalChildren)
+            {
+                FrameworkElement fe = element as FrameworkElement;
+                if (null != fe)
+                {
+                    int row = GetRow(fe);
+                    int column = GetColumn(fe);
+                    double factorLeft = 0.5;
+                    double factorTop = 0.5;
+                    double factorRight = 0.5;
+                    double factorBottom = 0.5;
+                    // Top row - no top margin
+                    if (row == 0)
+                        factorTop = 0;
+                    // Bottom row - no bottom margin
+                    if (row == maxRow)
+                        factorBottom = 0;
+                    // Leftmost column = no left margin
+                    if (column == 0)
+                        factorLeft = 0;
+                    // Rightmost column - no right margin
+                    if (column == maxColumn)
+                        factorRight = 0;
+                    fe.Margin = new Thickness(ChildMargin.Left*factorLeft,
+                        ChildMargin.Top*factorTop,
+                        ChildMargin.Right*factorRight,
+                        ChildMargin.Bottom*factorBottom);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // We change all children's margins in MeasureOverride, since this is called right before
+        // the layouting takes place. I was first skeptical to do this here, because I thought changing
+        // the margin will trigger a LayoutUpdate, which in turn would lead to an endless recursion,
+        // but apparantly WPF takes care of this.
+
+        protected override Size MeasureOverride(Size availableSize)
+        {
+            UpdateChildMargins();
+            return base.MeasureOverride(availableSize);
+        }
+    }
+}

Infrastructure/PasswordBoxAssistant.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+
+namespace PettingZoo.Infrastructure
+{
+    // Source: http://blog.functionalfun.net/2008/06/wpf-passwordbox-and-data-binding.html
+    public static class PasswordBoxAssistant
+    {
+        public static readonly DependencyProperty BoundPassword =
+            DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("BoundPassword", typeof (string), typeof (PasswordBoxAssistant),
+                new PropertyMetadata(string.Empty, OnBoundPasswordChanged));
+
+        public static readonly DependencyProperty BindPassword = DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached(
+            "BindPassword", typeof (bool), typeof (PasswordBoxAssistant),
+            new PropertyMetadata(false, OnBindPasswordChanged));
+
+        private static readonly DependencyProperty UpdatingPassword =
+            DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("UpdatingPassword", typeof (bool), typeof (PasswordBoxAssistant),
+                new PropertyMetadata(false));
+
+        private static void OnBoundPasswordChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            PasswordBox box = d as PasswordBox;
+
+            // only handle this event when the property is attached to a PasswordBox
+            // and when the BindPassword attached property has been set to true
+            if (d == null || !GetBindPassword(d))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // avoid recursive updating by ignoring the box's changed event
+            box.PasswordChanged -= HandlePasswordChanged;
+
+            string newPassword = (string) e.NewValue;
+
+            if (!GetUpdatingPassword(box))
+            {
+                box.Password = newPassword;
+            }
+
+            box.PasswordChanged += HandlePasswordChanged;
+        }
+
+        private static void OnBindPasswordChanged(DependencyObject dp, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            // when the BindPassword attached property is set on a PasswordBox,
+            // start listening to its PasswordChanged event
+
+            PasswordBox box = dp as PasswordBox;
+
+            if (box == null)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            bool wasBound = (bool) (e.OldValue);
+            bool needToBind = (bool) (e.NewValue);
+
+            if (wasBound)
+            {
+                box.PasswordChanged -= HandlePasswordChanged;
+            }
+
+            if (needToBind)
+            {
+                box.PasswordChanged += HandlePasswordChanged;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static void HandlePasswordChanged(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            PasswordBox box = sender as PasswordBox;
+
+            // set a flag to indicate that we're updating the password
+            SetUpdatingPassword(box, true);
+            // push the new password into the BoundPassword property
+            SetBoundPassword(box, box.Password);
+            SetUpdatingPassword(box, false);
+        }
+
+        public static void SetBindPassword(DependencyObject dp, bool value)
+        {
+            dp.SetValue(BindPassword, value);
+        }
+
+        public static bool GetBindPassword(DependencyObject dp)
+        {
+            return (bool) dp.GetValue(BindPassword);
+        }
+
+        public static string GetBoundPassword(DependencyObject dp)
+        {
+            return (string) dp.GetValue(BoundPassword);
+        }
+
+        public static void SetBoundPassword(DependencyObject dp, string value)
+        {
+            dp.SetValue(BoundPassword, value);
+        }
+
+        private static bool GetUpdatingPassword(DependencyObject dp)
+        {
+            return (bool) dp.GetValue(UpdatingPassword);
+        }
+
+        private static void SetUpdatingPassword(DependencyObject dp, bool value)
+        {
+            dp.SetValue(UpdatingPassword, value);
+        }
+    }
+}

Model/IConnection.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-namespace PettingZoo.Model
+using System;
+
+namespace PettingZoo.Model
 {
-    public interface IConnection
+    public interface IConnection : IDisposable
     {
     }
 }

Model/RabbitMQClientConnection.cs

@@ -6,5 +6,10 @@
         {
             
         }
+
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+        }
     }
 }

PettingZoo.csproj

@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <StartupObject>PettingZoo.Program</StartupObject>
+    <StartupObject>
+    </StartupObject>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="SimpleInjector, Version=3.1.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=984cb50dea722e99, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@
       <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
     </ApplicationDefinition>
+    <Page Include="Style.xaml">
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
+    </Page>
     <Page Include="View\ConnectionWindow.xaml">
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
       <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
@@ -90,15 +95,16 @@
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Infrastructure\DelegateCommand.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Infrastructure\BaseViewModel.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Infrastructure\GridLayout.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Infrastructure\PasswordBoxAssistant.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Model\IConnection.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Model\IConnectionFactory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Model\IConnectionInfoBuilder.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Model\ConnectionInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Model\RabbitMQClientConnection.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Model\RabbitMQClientConnectionFactory.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="ViewModel\ConnectionWindowViewModel.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="ViewModel\MainBaseViewModel.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ViewModel\ConnectionViewModel.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ViewModel\MainViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="View\ConnectionWindow.xaml.cs">
       <DependentUpon>ConnectionWindow.xaml</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
@@ -122,7 +128,7 @@
       <DesignTimeSharedInput>True</DesignTimeSharedInput>
     </Compile>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Properties\Resources.resx">
-      <Generator>ResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
+      <Generator>PublicResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
       <LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
     </EmbeddedResource>
     <None Include="packages.config" />

Program.cs

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Reflection;
-using PettingZoo.Model;
-using PettingZoo.View;
-using SimpleInjector;
-
-namespace PettingZoo
-{
-    static class Program
-    {
-        [STAThread]
-        static void Main()
-        {
-            var container = Bootstrap();
-            RunApplication(container);
-        }
-
-
-        private static Container Bootstrap()
-        {
-            var container = new Container();
-
-            container.Register<IConnectionFactory, RabbitMQClientConnectionFactory>();
-            container.Register<IConnectionInfoBuilder, WindowConnectionInfoBuilder>();
-
-            // Automatically register all Window and BaseViewModel descendants
-            foreach (var type in Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetExportedTypes()
-                .Where(t => t.IsSubclassOf(typeof(System.Windows.Window)) ||
-                            t.IsSubclassOf(typeof(Infrastructure.BaseViewModel))))
-            {
-                container.Register(type);
-            }
-
-            return container;
-        }
-
-
-        private static void RunApplication(Container container) 
-        {
-            var app = new App();
-            var mainWindow = container.GetInstance<MainWindow>();
-            app.Run(mainWindow);
-        }
-    }
-}

Properties/Resources.Designer.cs

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 // </auto-generated>
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-namespace PettingZoo.Properties
-{
+namespace PettingZoo.Properties {
+    using System;
     
     
     /// <summary>
@@ -22,28 +22,23 @@ namespace PettingZoo.Properties
     [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder", "4.0.0.0")]
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
     [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
-    internal class Resources
-    {
+    public class Resources {
         
         private static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager resourceMan;
         
         private static global::System.Globalization.CultureInfo resourceCulture;
         
         [global::System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1811:AvoidUncalledPrivateCode")]
-        internal Resources()
-        {
+        internal Resources() {
         }
         
         /// <summary>
         ///   Returns the cached ResourceManager instance used by this class.
         /// </summary>
         [global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)]
-        internal static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager ResourceManager
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                if ((resourceMan == null))
-                {
+        public static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager ResourceManager {
+            get {
+                if (object.ReferenceEquals(resourceMan, null)) {
                     global::System.Resources.ResourceManager temp = new global::System.Resources.ResourceManager("PettingZoo.Properties.Resources", typeof(Resources).Assembly);
                     resourceMan = temp;
                 }
@@ -56,16 +51,112 @@ namespace PettingZoo.Properties
         ///   resource lookups using this strongly typed resource class.
         /// </summary>
         [global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)]
-        internal static global::System.Globalization.CultureInfo Culture
-        {
-            get
-            {
+        public static global::System.Globalization.CultureInfo Culture {
+            get {
                 return resourceCulture;
             }
-            set
-            {
+            set {
                 resourceCulture = value;
             }
         }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Cancel.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string ButtonCancel {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("ButtonCancel", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to OK.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string ButtonOK {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("ButtonOK", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Exchange:.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string ConnectionExchange {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("ConnectionExchange", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Host:.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string ConnectionHost {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("ConnectionHost", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Password:.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string ConnectionPassword {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("ConnectionPassword", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Port:.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string ConnectionPort {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("ConnectionPort", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Routing key:.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string ConnectionRoutingKey {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("ConnectionRoutingKey", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Username:.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string ConnectionUsername {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("ConnectionUsername", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Virtual host:.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string ConnectionVirtualHost {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("ConnectionVirtualHost", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Connection parameters.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string ConnectionWindowTitle {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("ConnectionWindowTitle", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Petting Zoo - a RabbitMQ Message Viewer.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string MainWindowTitle {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("MainWindowTitle", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }

Properties/Resources.resx

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     
     mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64
     value   : The object must be serialized with 
-            : System.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
+            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
             : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
     
     mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.soap.base64
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
             : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
     -->
   <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
+    <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" />
     <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
       <xsd:complexType>
         <xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
@@ -68,9 +69,10 @@
               <xsd:sequence>
                 <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" />
               </xsd:sequence>
-              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" use="required" type="xsd:string" />
               <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" />
               <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
             </xsd:complexType>
           </xsd:element>
           <xsd:element name="assembly">
@@ -85,9 +87,10 @@
                 <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
                 <xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2" />
               </xsd:sequence>
-              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
               <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="3" />
               <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="4" />
+              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
             </xsd:complexType>
           </xsd:element>
           <xsd:element name="resheader">
@@ -109,9 +112,42 @@
     <value>2.0</value>
   </resheader>
   <resheader name="reader">
-    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
   </resheader>
   <resheader name="writer">
-    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
   </resheader>
+  <data name="ButtonCancel" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Cancel</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="ButtonOK" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>OK</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="ConnectionExchange" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Exchange:</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="ConnectionHost" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Host:</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="ConnectionPassword" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Password:</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="ConnectionPort" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Port:</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="ConnectionRoutingKey" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Routing key:</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="ConnectionUsername" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Username:</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="ConnectionVirtualHost" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Virtual host:</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="ConnectionWindowTitle" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Connection parameters</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="MainWindowTitle" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Petting Zoo - a RabbitMQ Message Viewer</value>
+  </data>
 </root>

Style.xaml

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+                    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+                    xmlns:infrastructure="clr-namespace:PettingZoo.Infrastructure">
+    <!-- Global styling -->
+    <Style x:Key="WindowStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Window}">
+        <Setter Property="Background" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlBrushKey}}"/>
+    </Style>
+
+    <Style TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
+        <Setter Property="Padding" Value="8,4"/>
+    </Style>
+
+    <!-- Explicit styling -->
+    <Style x:Key="FooterPanel" TargetType="{x:Type Panel}">
+        <Setter Property="Margin" Value="0,8,0,0" />
+    </Style>
+
+    <Style x:Key="FooterButton" TargetType="{x:Type Button}" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type Button}}">
+        <Setter Property="Margin" Value="8,0,0,0" />
+    </Style>
+    
+    
+    <Style x:Key="Form" TargetType="{x:Type infrastructure:GridLayout}">
+        <Setter Property="ChildMargin" Value="4"/>
+    </Style>
+</ResourceDictionary>

View/ConnectionWindow.xaml

@@ -1,8 +1,61 @@
 <Window x:Class="PettingZoo.View.ConnectionWindow"
         xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
         xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
-        Title="ConnectionWindow" Height="300" Width="300">
-    <Grid>
+        xmlns:res="clr-namespace:PettingZoo.Properties"
+        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
+        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
+        xmlns:viewModel="clr-namespace:PettingZoo.ViewModel"
+        xmlns:infrastructure="clr-namespace:PettingZoo.Infrastructure"
+        mc:Ignorable="d"
+        d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance viewModel:ConnectionViewModel}"
+        Width="500" 
+        SizeToContent="Height"
+        ResizeMode="NoResize"
+        WindowStyle="ToolWindow"
+        Style="{StaticResource WindowStyle}"
+        Title="{x:Static res:Resources.ConnectionWindowTitle}" 
+        FocusManager.FocusedElement="{Binding ElementName=HostTextBox}">
+    <DockPanel Margin="8">
+        <UniformGrid DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Rows="1" Columns="2" Style="{StaticResource FooterPanel}">
+            <Button IsDefault="True" Content="{x:Static res:Resources.ButtonOK}" Style="{StaticResource FooterButton}"/>
+            <Button IsCancel="True" Content="{x:Static res:Resources.ButtonCancel}" Style="{StaticResource FooterButton}"/>
+        </UniformGrid>
         
-    </Grid>
+        <infrastructure:GridLayout Style="{StaticResource Form}">
+            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+                <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
+                <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
+            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
+                <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
+                <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
+                <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
+                <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
+                <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
+                <RowDefinition Height="8"/>
+                <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
+                <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
+            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
+            <Label Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="0" Content="{x:Static res:Resources.ConnectionHost}"/>
+            <TextBox Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="0" Text="{Binding ConnectionInfo.Host}" Name="HostTextBox" />
+
+            <Label Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1" Content="{x:Static res:Resources.ConnectionPort}"/>
+            
+            <Label Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="2" Content="{x:Static res:Resources.ConnectionVirtualHost}"/>
+            <TextBox Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="2" Text="{Binding ConnectionInfo.VirtualHost}"/>
+            
+            <Label Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="3" Content="{x:Static res:Resources.ConnectionUsername}"/>
+            <TextBox Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="3" Text="{Binding ConnectionInfo.Username}"/>
+
+            <Label Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="4" Content="{x:Static res:Resources.ConnectionPassword}"/>
+            <PasswordBox Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="4"  infrastructure:PasswordBoxAssistant.BindPassword="true"  infrastructure:PasswordBoxAssistant.BoundPassword="{Binding Path=ConnectionInfo.Password, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"/>
+
+            <Label Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="6" Content="{x:Static res:Resources.ConnectionExchange}"/>
+            <TextBox Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="6" Text="{Binding Exchange}"/>
+
+            <Label Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="7" Content="{x:Static res:Resources.ConnectionRoutingKey}"/>
+            <TextBox Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="7" Text="{Binding RoutingKey}"/>
+        </infrastructure:GridLayout>
+    </DockPanel>
 </Window>
+

View/ConnectionWindow.xaml.cs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace PettingZoo.View
     {
         public ConnectionInfo Build()
         {
-            var viewModel = new ConnectionWindowViewModel();
+            var viewModel = new ConnectionViewModel();
             var dialog = new ConnectionWindow(viewModel)
             {
                 Owner = Application.Current.MainWindow
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ namespace PettingZoo.View
 
     public partial class ConnectionWindow : Window
     {
-        public ConnectionWindow(ConnectionWindowViewModel viewModel)
+        public ConnectionWindow(ConnectionViewModel viewModel)
         {
+            WindowStartupLocation = WindowStartupLocation.CenterOwner;
+
             InitializeComponent();
             DataContext = viewModel;
         }

View/MainWindow.xaml

@@ -1,13 +1,29 @@
 <Window x:Class="PettingZoo.View.MainWindow"
         xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
         xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
-        Title="Petting Zoo - a RabbitMQ Message Viewer" Height="600" Width="800">
+        xmlns:res="clr-namespace:PettingZoo.Properties"
+        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
+        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
+        xmlns:viewModel="clr-namespace:PettingZoo.ViewModel"
+        mc:Ignorable="d"
+        d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance viewModel:MainViewModel}"
+        Width="800" 
+        Height="600"
+        ResizeMode="CanResizeWithGrip"
+        Style="{StaticResource WindowStyle}"
+        Title="{x:Static res:Resources.MainWindowTitle}">
     <DockPanel>
-        <ToolBarTray DockPanel.Dock="Top">
-            <ToolBar>
-                <Button Command=""></Button>
-            </ToolBar>
-        </ToolBarTray>
+        <ToolBar DockPanel.Dock="Top" ToolBarTray.IsLocked="True">
+            <Button Command="{Binding ConnectCommand}" Content="Connect"></Button>
+            <Button Command="{Binding DisconnectCommand}" Content="Disconnect"></Button>
+            <Separator Style="{StaticResource {x:Static ToolBar.SeparatorStyleKey}}" />
+            <Button Command="{Binding ClearCommand}" Content="Clear messages"></Button>
+        </ToolBar>
+        <StatusBar DockPanel.Dock="Bottom">
+            <StatusBarItem>
+                <TextBlock />
+            </StatusBarItem>
+        </StatusBar>
         <Grid>
             <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                 <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />

View/MainWindow.xaml.cs

@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
-using System.Windows;
+using System;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+using System.Windows.Controls.Primitives;
+using System.Windows.Data;
 using PettingZoo.ViewModel;
 
 namespace PettingZoo.View
 {
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
-    /// </summary>
     public partial class MainWindow : Window
     {
-        public MainWindow(MainBaseViewModel viewModel)
+        public MainWindow(MainViewModel viewModel)
         {
+            WindowStartupLocation = WindowStartupLocation.CenterScreen;
+
             InitializeComponent();
             DataContext = viewModel;
         }

ViewModel/ConnectionViewModel.cs

@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace PettingZoo.ViewModel
 {
-    public class ConnectionWindowViewModel
+    public class ConnectionViewModel
     {
         public ConnectionInfo ConnectionInfo { get; set; }
+        public string Exchange { get; set; }
+        public string RoutingKey { get; set;  }
     }
 }

ViewModel/MainBaseViewModel.cs

@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-using System.Windows.Input;
-using PettingZoo.Infrastructure;
-using PettingZoo.Model;
-
-namespace PettingZoo.ViewModel
-{
-    public class MainBaseViewModel : BaseViewModel
-    {
-        private readonly IConnectionInfoBuilder connectionInfoBuilder;
-        private readonly IConnectionFactory connectionFactory;
-
-        private ConnectionInfo connectionInfo;
-        private IConnection connection;
-
-
-        public ConnectionInfo ConnectionInfo {
-            get
-            {
-                return connectionInfo;
-            }
-            private set
-            {
-                if (value != connectionInfo)
-                {
-                    connectionInfo = value;
-                    RaisePropertyChanged();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        public ICommand ConnectCommand { get; private set; }
-
-
-        public MainBaseViewModel(IConnectionInfoBuilder connectionInfoBuilder, IConnectionFactory connectionFactory)
-        {
-            this.connectionInfoBuilder = connectionInfoBuilder;
-            this.connectionFactory = connectionFactory;
-
-            ConnectCommand = new DelegateCommand(ConnectExecute);
-        }
-
-
-        protected void ConnectExecute()
-        {
-            var newInfo = connectionInfoBuilder.Build();
-            if (newInfo != null)
-            {
-                ConnectionInfo = newInfo;
-                connection = connectionFactory.CreateConnection(connectionInfo);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}

ViewModel/MainViewModel.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+using System.Windows.Input;
+using PettingZoo.Infrastructure;
+using PettingZoo.Model;
+
+namespace PettingZoo.ViewModel
+{
+    public class MainViewModel : BaseViewModel
+    {
+        private readonly IConnectionInfoBuilder connectionInfoBuilder;
+        private readonly IConnectionFactory connectionFactory;
+
+        private ConnectionInfo connectionInfo;
+        private IConnection connection;
+
+        private readonly DelegateCommand connectCommand;
+        private readonly DelegateCommand disconnectCommand;
+        private readonly DelegateCommand clearCommand;
+
+
+        public ConnectionInfo ConnectionInfo {
+            get
+            {
+                return connectionInfo;
+            }
+            private set
+            {
+                if (value != connectionInfo)
+                {
+                    connectionInfo = value;
+                    RaisePropertyChanged();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public ICommand ConnectCommand { get { return connectCommand; } }
+        public ICommand DisconnectCommand { get { return disconnectCommand; } }
+        public ICommand ClearCommand { get { return clearCommand; } }
+
+
+        public MainViewModel(IConnectionInfoBuilder connectionInfoBuilder, IConnectionFactory connectionFactory)
+        {
+            this.connectionInfoBuilder = connectionInfoBuilder;
+            this.connectionFactory = connectionFactory;
+
+            connectCommand = new DelegateCommand(ConnectExecute);
+            disconnectCommand = new DelegateCommand(DisconnectExecute, DisconnectCanExecute);
+            clearCommand = new DelegateCommand(ClearExecute, ClearCanExecute);
+        }
+
+
+        private void ConnectExecute()
+        {
+            var newInfo = connectionInfoBuilder.Build();
+            if (newInfo == null) 
+                return;
+
+            ConnectionInfo = newInfo;
+            connection = connectionFactory.CreateConnection(connectionInfo);
+
+            disconnectCommand.RaiseCanExecuteChanged();
+        }
+
+
+        private void DisconnectExecute()
+        {
+            if (connection != null)
+            {
+                connection.Dispose();
+                connection = null;
+            }
+
+            ConnectionInfo = null;
+        }
+
+
+        private bool DisconnectCanExecute()
+        {
+            return connection != null;
+        }
+
+
+        private void ClearExecute()
+        {
+        }
+
+
+        private bool ClearCanExecute()
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}