Design Patterns in C#: A Hands-on Guide with Real-world Examples

© Vaskaran Sarcar 2020

V. SarcarDesign Patterns in C#https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6062-3_26

26. MVC Pattern

Vaskaran Sarcar¹ 

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Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

 

This chapter covers the MVC pattern.

Definition

MVC (model-view-controller) is an architectural pattern. This pattern is commonly used in web applications and in developing powerful user interfaces. Trygve Reenskaug first described MVC in 1979 in a paper titled “Applications programming in Smalltalk-80TM: How to use Model-View-Controller,” which was written before the existence of the World Wide Web. So, at that time, there was no concept of web applications. But modern-day applications are an adaptation of that original concept. Instead of treating it a true design pattern, some developers ...