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I have looked at and studied (not necessarily memorized) GOF patterns and I don't really understand where MVC descended from. My best guess, and it is still only a guess, but it would seem like it descends from the Bridge pattern. But again, I can't really say. Any one have any ideas?

SoftwareSavant
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    here's something interesting to read, even when it looks at your question "from the other side": http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9119657/how-do-gang-of-four-design-patterns-fit-into-the-mvc-paradigm – Herm Jun 05 '13 at 15:21

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MVC does not descend directly from any of them actually. MVC is technically not a design pattern it is an architectural pattern, more broad than the MoF design patterns. MVC is also broad in and of itself. There are many different implementations, each one using a different, or a combination of different design patterns.

In the Head First Design Patterns book they use Strategy, Composite, and the Observer patterns to implement MVC, but again, you will see it implemented using a variety of patterns.

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  • that makes sense. I mixed up architectural patterns with design patterns. I am guessing architectural patterns are broader than design patters. They would consist of patterns like SOA and things like that right? – SoftwareSavant Jun 05 '13 at 18:42
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    MVC is well documented in Martin Fowler's Patterns of Enterprise Architecture. This (http://martinfowler.com/eaaDev/uiArchs.html) is well worth a read for an accurate historical perspective. – David Osborne Jun 06 '13 at 08:13
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I don't think it descends from any of them. It's architectural in nature with a focus on separation, especially UI layer. It's a primary member of the Separated Presentation Patterns with the other primary members being Model View Presenter(MVP) and Model View ViewModel(MVVM).

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