MVC.NET for the desktop

Question

Is there any reason that MVC isn't equally useful for desktop apps as for web apps?

What would be required to make an ASP.NET MVC directory tree implementable as a desktop app?

Answer 1

Prism

Answer 2

I've always thought of the term MVC as the same as a n-layer application - so correct me if I'm wrong here folks.

When i develope, I always(unless other instructed) use the following model/structure, also in applications:

GUI(Web, Winform, whatever) -> Business logic -> Data layer -> And also with an underlying "Model"

... Which is a sort of MVC - So yes, it is usefull for desktop apps also. The main advantage with this, is that you can develope web, win and mobile(++) applications based on the same code.

Another thing that could be done, is to create the data/businesslayers as web-services...

I think this aproach would qualify as SOA.

EDIT: As a note, the four levels of applications are created as seperate projects - and then used as adding reference to either the project, or the DLL, or from the GAC(or wherever you like.....) :) Thus, the need for a directory structure is not needed.