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In Visual studio , when we try to create a new project , MVC Project templates are listed for web application like ASP.NET MVC3 web application , ASP.NET MVC4 web application. Is there any project template provided by Microsoft to implement MVC for windows application. If I would like to implement MVC on Windows application , how should I start?

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I would like to implement MVC on Windows application , how should I start

There are no templates out-of-the-box. You'll have to create your own.

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    A little bit more of background information might help the OP. Such as mentioning that the preferred pattern for Windows applications is MVVM rather than MVC and that there's an [Official MVVM Framework](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff648465.aspx) available. – Federico Berasategui Jul 18 '14 at 20:40
  • As I haven't developed any .Net UI non-web based application in quite a long time, my knowledge is limited in this area, so I stuck with answering the question directly without any additional information. You comment is great for future readers. – Erik Philips Jul 18 '14 at 20:42
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There are no out-of-the-box templates for Windows applications based on the MVC pattern, simply because the MVC pattern is not recommended for Windows applications.

Modern Windows UI technologies (such as WPF and WinRT XAML (aka Windows Store Apps)) are much better suited for the MVVM Pattern rather than MVC.

There is a myriad of MVVM Frameworks available for Windows applications, most of them have full support for WPF and WinRT, and even Silverlight and Windows Phone.

In particular, Prism, which is the Official MVVM Framework from Microsoft, is available as a Nuget Package and includes some default Project Templates:

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