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MVC URL formatting/design
In refactoring a lot of MVC code, I have run into an issue with my URL design. For example, let's say we have a Venue object
public class Venue
{
public long ID { get; set; }
public ...
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How to design an application that read files using MVC pattern?
I am going to write an application that reads data from a csv file, and display that data to the user. I intend to apply an MVC design pattern to create this application. A user will interact with ...
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Is MVC ever considered/applied system-wide?
I was having a discussion with a colleague and he bought up the topic of MVC and the use of ViewModels in ASP.NET MVC.
The discussion was that, in an n-layer architecture, the UI, Business Layer and ...
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Why is using named routes for generating outbound URLs a violation of Separation of Concerns?
What is separation of concerns?
In computer science, separation of concerns (SoC) is the process of
breaking a computer program into distinct features that overlap in
functionality as little ...
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How to use MVC in practice
I'm very confused. I can't even begin to understand how MVC would be implemented outside of web development. This might seem like too general a question, but how would one apply MVC. I have the ...
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Can REST API be used as business layer?
I am using PHP Codeigniter MVC design pattern
and I had this project with some sort of specific business processes
In my application I will be dealing with 2 existing REST APIs:
Google
Trello
...
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2answers
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Is it reasonable to build applications (not games) using a component-entity-system architecture?
I know that when building applications (native or web) such as those in the Apple AppStore or Google Play app store that it's very common to use a Model-View-Controller architecture.
However, is it ...
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In MVC, can/should basic data retrieval from the Model be done in the View?
Given the concept of 'skinny controllers, fat models' and the general acceptance that Views can directly call on Models when requiring data for output, should one consider handling the 'get and ...
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Service layer design
I am developing an MVC website in PHP, and for the first time, I would like to implement a service layer. I have some design considerations I would like to get some advice on. The backend will by no ...
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MVCS - Model View Controller Store
I recently decided to start learning iOS Development, and to this end I’ve been reading iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide. In the book the authors describe a design pattern MVCS - ...
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1answer
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In JSF where do objects like PhaseListeners fit in the MVC pattern?
When it comes to JSF, I've had trouble distinguishing where certain objects I create fit into the overall MVC pattern. The View is simple enough since that's handled by the .xhtml template but when ...
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Is the use of security conditionals in a view a violation of MVC?
Often what's displayed to a user (e.g. on a web page) will be based partly on security checks. I usually consider user-level / ACL security to be part of the business logic of a system. If a view ...
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How to avoid big and clumsy UITableViewController on iOS?
I have a problem when implementing the MVC-pattern on iOS. I have searched the Internet but seems not to find any nice solution to this problem.
Many UITableViewController implementations seems to ...
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In MVC , DAO should be called from Controller or Model
I have seen various arguments against the DAO being called from the Controller class directly and also the DAO from the Model class.Infact I personally feel that if we are following the MVC pattern , ...
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1answer
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Modular enterprise architecture using MVC and Orchard CMS
I'm making a large scale MVC application using Orchard. And I'm going to be separating my logic into modules. I'm also trying to heavily decouple the application for maximum extensibility and ...
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1answer
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In PHP, what are the different design patterns to implement OO controllers as opposed to procedural controllers?
For example, it's very straightforward to have an index.php controller be a procedural script like so:
<?php
//include classes and functions
//get some data from the database
//and/or process a ...
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Is there any design pattern except MVC for web?
I want to know are there any design patterns for web besides MVC?
I know there are design patterns as: Registry, Observer, Factory, ActiveRecord ,... and MVC a set of other design patterns and folder ...
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Making Modular, Reusable and Loosely Coupled MVC Components
I am building MVC3 application and need some general guidelines on how
to manage complex client side interaction between my components.
Here is my definition of one component in general way:
...
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2answers
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Who should register input listeners: the controller or the view? (MVC)
I'm using an (C++) SDK (Marmalade) and building a project around the MVC pattern. On my app, user input listeners may be registered on certain UI elements/widgets/etc providing a proper callback ...
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On MVC can several views have the same controller or one view must have one unique controller?
I'm having some questions while designing a architecture for a project around MVC. (It's a C++/Marmalade SDK project, I'm not using any particular MVC framework, I'm making one.)
On several articles ...
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1answer
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MVC, Java Design Pratices, and Flaws of java.util.Observable and java.util.Observer
I am planning learning Model-View-Controller (MVC) development using Java. While reading I came across a post which mentions java.util.Observer and java.util.Observable for MVC development.
As I ...
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Design Patterns for Coordinating Change Event Listeners
I've been working with the Observer pattern in JavaScript using various popular libraries for a number of years (YUI & jQuery). It's often that I need to observe a set of property value changes ...
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Strategies for avoiding SQL in your Controllers… or how many methods should I have in my Models?
So a situation I run into reasonably often is one where my models start to either:
Grow into monsters with tons and tons of methods
OR
Allow you to pass pieces of SQL to them, so that they are ...
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12answers
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Is the 'C' in MVC really necessary?
I understand the role of the model and view in the Model-View-Controller pattern, but I have a hard time understanding why a controller is necessary.
Let's assume we're creating a chess program using ...
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Does MVC apply only to web
It is almost and instantaneous whenever I talk to developers about Model View Controller (MVC) they say you make a request to a url the server builds a entity (MODEL) and provides you with visual ...
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Is this a proper implementation of an iOS MVC pattern?
After browsing the apple docs, I came across this sample of their MVC pattern:
Using NSNotificationCenter and without using KVO, would this diagram below represent a correct implementation of the ...
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1answer
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Opensource showcase for MVC in Java Swing
I've allready created small desktop CRUD applications using Java/Swing. In hindsight I'm not quite sure if the overall design of these applications is good. I've also done some reading on MVC and ...
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What is MVC, really?
As a serious programmer, how do you answer the question What is MVC?
In my mind, MVC is sort of a nebulous topic — and because of that, if your audience is a learner, then you're free to ...
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2answers
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Pattern for user interaction and confirmation
Suppose a FileWriter class that needs validation that it will not erase a file already present, if one is found. It would have two functions:
public bool FileExists(string filePath) //...
public bool ...
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Pattern for a web application
I'm developing a web application for a university project. My professor wants we to use a multi-tier architecture (Client, Web, Business and Data tiers) with EJB. For the Web and Business I have ...
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Where is the M in MVC?
I'm trying to refactor my application into MVC, but I'm stuck on the M part.
In a database-backed app, the model is implemented in the app code, right?
But then, what is in the database -- is that ...
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Who can change the View in MVC?
I'm working on a thick client graph displaying and manipulation application. I'm trying to apply the MVC pattern to our 3D visualization component.
Here is what I have for the Model, View, and ...
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How is the facade pattern different from abstraction layers?
I just read about the facade pattern and found this example where a client (user of a computer) invokes a startComputer() method which calls on all the complex stuff:
Source: wikipedia
/* Complex ...
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RFC: Extending the MVC Design Pattern
I've been using the MVC pattern in my applications for years (with full separation of the controller from its views).
Having to implement several hundred views to represent a little over 100 model's ...
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Patterns for ajax-heavy web applications
Up until now, I've been a great fan of the MVC pattern for developing web applications. For the web, I've developed mostly in PHP (with the Kohana and CodeIgniter frameworks) and Ruby (RoR).
As my ...
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Why should I use an MVC pattern?
It seems everyone doing web applications nowadays wants to use MVC for everything. I find it hard to convince myself to use this pattern, however. I understand the general idea is to separate the ...
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How can I “get in the know”?
My company posted a job listing to get me a helper. A recruiter called me today and all he kept saying was "MVC this Entity Framework that..." - He sounded shocked when I said the project uses ...
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How to show someone of the power of model-view-controller design pattern?
I've been working with a friend on a project that we've taken over, and I've realized that we have a big problem implementing the model-view-controller design pattern due to the way that the project ...
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Alternative patterns for web development? (non-MVC)
Recently I've been reading some blog posts regarding MVC and how it doesn't fit the web. I've learned about alternative patterns like the RMR Architecture.
I'm curious what other patterns people are ...
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When designing an application around Model-View-Controller (MVC), what is in your toolbox?
There are a lot of great explanations for what the Model-View-Controller design pattern is, but I am having trouble finding good resources showing how to use it in practice.
So, when you are starting ...
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How much business logic should be allowed to exist in the controller layer?
Sometimes we have some business logic represented in the controller code of our applications. This is usually logic that differentiates what methods to call from the model and/or what arguments to ...
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1answer
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MVC for our application?
There are some issues about how to manage our program designs and programming styles. I was assigned to find a solution to write reusable code - though, the programming team does not follow the rules.
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