Introduction

Introduction

ASP.NET MVC framework follows the well-defined MVC pattern to create a web application. MVC design pattern is used to separate the different parts of the application for more scalability, extensibility and testability purposes.

One of the major challenges with normal web forms is the testability of the business logic. Unit test of code-behind logic is very complex. Also, the extensibility of the application required a lot of re-work on the application. ASP.NET MVC addresses the pain points associated with the traditional web form applications.

MVC

 

MVC means Model View Controller. Controller takes care of the overall execution of a request. Controller receives the request from the web server and identifies the data requirements. Depending on the data requirements, Controller contacts the corresponding Model. Model will supply the required data, which will be rendered to the UI using a View.

For working with ASP.NET MVC, we can install the Web Platform Installer, which consists of Visual Studio 2010 Express for coding the MVC application, SQL Server Express for storing the data and IIS Express for hosting the application. We can download the Web Platform Installer from Microsoft Web Platform Installer 3.0.

Background

Model-View-Controller as the name applies considers three pieces:

• Model: it should be responsible for the data of the application domain
• View:   it presents the display of the model in the user interface
• Controller: it is really the heart of the MVC, the intermediary that ties the Model and the View together, i.e. it takes user input, manipulates the model & causes the view to update

                  

For more information about MVC, please see the following article from Wikipedia