Presentation Architecture Design Patterns

These patterns are useful when you are creating the presentation layer.

MVC

Separated the application into 3 areas of concern.

• Designed for presentation layers.
• View handles output.
• Model handles data.
• Controller handle interaction.

Pros	Cons
Strict separation of concerns	High overhead
Scales well	Scattered code
	Hard to data-bind

MVVM

• Derived from MVC Pattern
• View handles output
• Model handles data
• View Model is binding source

Pros	Cons
Strict separation of concerns	High overhead
Scales well	Scattered code
Easy to data-bind	Controller not separated