MVC is a controlled environment and MVVM is a reactive environment. In a controlled environment you should have less code and a common source of logic; which should always live within the controller. However; in the web world MVC easily gets divided into view creation logic and view dynamic logic.

So with the MVC and MVP patterns in front of us, let’s look at the MVVM pattern and see what differences it holds: The input begins with the View, not the View Model. While the View holds a reference to the View Model, the View Model has no information about the View.

Jan 20, 2010 · Swing doesn't use MVC, it uses a modified pattern. MVC is frequently misquoted and misunderstood - especially in the context of Swing. Also, MVC is good for UI components, not for applications. Hence I recommend to look for concepts, solutions, and libraries that reflect and work with the Swing architecture, not MVC.

Nov 18, 2014 · Since MVC and MVVM are geared towards different application paradigms altogether, i.e., ASP.NET MVC for web and MVVM desktop, they need to behave in distinctly different ways, with the most noticeable distinction being the controller from MVC and the ViewModel from MVVM. The controller in MVC accepts HTTP …

Oct 20, 2009 · In that regard, MVC and MVVM achieve the same goal. Where the two architectures differ is how the data and the view are linked. Like the Model, the View can be a collection of classes which in coordination with one another, render a presentation view.

Dec 21, 2009 · In MVVM, the ViewModel serves the same function as it does in MVC, but it also replaces part of the MVC Controller by providing commands which allow the View to manipulate the Model. WPF databinding manages the updating of the View according to changes in the ViewModel (and this effectively replaces the remaining function of the MVC Controller).

While I'm reading the book "ASP.NET MVC 4" I'm wondering about MVVM. I started googling and cannot find any books about developing web applications using MVVM, so I must be missing a bit of information here. From what I understand, MVVM is used in web applications on the client side via knockout.js and other frameworks.

Jul 2, 2016 · in MVVM is similar to MVP, but the viewmodel has to manipulate the information before passing it to view. The difference between MVP and MVVM is in the development process. You would use MVP pattern, when creating presentation layer for a known model layer.

Apr 16, 2010 · So it comes down to having more code with better readability or less code with big Controller files. In conclusion you cannot say you have to use MVVM, because it is better then MVC or so, it is just a personal preference. Just to be clear why I mention a Controller: MVVM also has Controller-code somewhere.

MVVM Tutorials. WPF Apps With The Model-View-ViewModel Design Pattern by Josh Smith (duplicate link already provided by Yacoder) Jason Dolinger's presentation on the Model-View-ViewModel (link to video embedded in article) Dan Crevier's DataModel-View-ViewModel pattern series (similar to MVVM) Composite WPF (Prism) Resources