ASP.NET MVC Pattern

A design pattern for achieving a clean separation of concerns

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Model View Controller (MVC)

MVC is a design pattern used to decouple user-interface (view), data (model), and application logic (controller). This pattern helps to achieve separation of concerns.

Using the MVC pattern for websites, requests are routed to a Controller that is responsible for working with the Model to perform actions and/or retrieve data. The Controller chooses the View to display and provides it with the Model. The View renders the final page, based on the data in the Model.

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MVC with ASP.NET

ASP.NET gives you a powerful, patterns-based way to build dynamic websites using the MVC pattern that enables a clean separation of concerns.

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public class Person
{
    public int PersonId { get; set; }

    [Required]
    [MinLength(2)]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    [Phone]
    public string PhoneNumber { get; set; }

    [EmailAddress]
    public string Email { get; set; }
}

Models & data

Create clean model classes and easily bind them to your database. Declaratively define validation rules, using C# attributes, which are applied on the client and server.

ASP.NET supports many database engines including SQLite, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2 and more, as well as non-relational stores such as MongoDB, Redis, and Azure Cosmos DB.

public class PeopleController : Controller
{
    private readonly AddressBookContext _context;

    public PeopleController(AddressBookContext context)
    {
        _context = context;
    }

    // GET: /people
    public async Task Index()
    {
        return View(await _context.People.ToListAsync());
    }

    // GET: /people/details/5
    public async Task Details(int id)
    {
        var person = await _context.People.Find(id);

        if (person == null)
        {
            return NotFound();
        }

        return View(person);
    }
}

Controllers

Simply route requests to controller actions, implemented as normal C# methods. Data from the request path, query string, and request body are automatically bound to method parameters.

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Views with Razor

The Razor syntax provides a simple, clean, and lightweight way to render HTML content based on your view. Razor lets you render a page using C#, producing fully HTML5 compliant web pages.

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