How do I stop my ViewModel code from running in the designer?

Question

I'm developing a networked WPF application with the MVVM pattern and it seems that it's running and connecting to servers in the designer.

I know about the IsInDesignMode property, but I'm not sure how to access it in a ViewModel.

Answer 1

DependencyObject dep = new DependencyObject();
if (DesignerProperties.GetIsInDesignMode(dep))
{
    ...
}